Crimes and enchanted canopy
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2061: The world's attention is fixed on the rising tension between the USA and an alliance of Russia and China.
But everything changes when, overnight, entire regions are overrun by trees.
People begin to report sightings of mythical creatures, and firearms suddenly stop working.
Florence is among the cities affected by this phenomenon-on the very day after an actress dies on stage at the Teatro della Pergola.
Are the two events connected?
Two detectives and a forensic technician must plunge into this shifting reality and overcome their differences to unravel the mystery.
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