Imbasa kaNadal yonyaka 2000. Le noveli yolwaphulo-mthetho ingena kwimeko yokufa okungummangaliso kwigumbi le-motel esecaleni kwendlela. Akukho gazi libonakalayo okanye ubundlobongela. Kodwa isithunzi sokukrokrelana sicaphukisa uphando olufanelekileyo, ophethe uSergeant Bevilacqua kunye nonogada baseChamorro.
Intuition eyalatha kwinto enzulu ejikeleze ukuba ukufa kuthabatha ukuvela kwenyani, ukuya kwinqanaba lokoyikisa wonke umntu ngenxa yokuxakeka komcimbi, ukuphuma kwawo kunye nezizathu zokugqibela zokugweba ixhoba.
Usenokufumana ikopi ye-Alchemist engenamonde ngexabiso elihle, le noveli inomdla ngo Lorenzo Silva, Apha:
