General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, several times president of Mexico, is the main character of this novel by best-selling Mexican author, Mart'n Moreno. It covers the historical period (1846-1848) in which Mexico saw its territory reduced to half due to the expansionistic pressure of the United States, the ambition and treasons of those who held power, and because by then it was already outlined in the future of the nation that it would be subject to traitors, thieves, and dishonesty by those in power.