Umklomelo kaNadal wonyaka we-2000. Le noveli yobugebengu ingena ecaleni lokufa okungaqondakali egumbini le-motel eseceleni komgwaqo. Alikho igazi noma udlame olubonakalayo. Kepha isithunzi sokusola sivusa uphenyo olufanele, ophethe uSergeant Bevilacqua nonogada baseChamorro.
Umuzwa okhombe kokujulile okuhaqe ukuthi ukufa kuthatha ukubonakala kweqiniso, kuze kufike eqophelweni lokucindezela wonke umuntu ngenxa yobunzima bendaba, ukutholakala kwayo kanye nezizathu zokugcina ezigweba isisulu.
Usengathola ikhophi ye-The Impatient Alchemist ngentengo enhle, le noveli ethokozisayo ka Lorenzo Silva, lapha:
