In a stagecoach stop far away in the Wild West the unexpected arrival of a man called "Colonel" will change all of the passengers' peaceful lives. He begins a macabre game, solely asking for one thing - to abide by his law and wait. But the night is long and the vultures perceive the smell of death that the stagecoach stop emits.
Egypt, 11th century. When a famine ravages the country, the prosperous Andalusian kingdom of Denia comes to the aid of the sultan, who, in gratitude, gives Denia the most sought-after and coveted object in all of Christendom.
The story of Roman Compte, a Cuban expatriate who fought against Fidel Castro in the Bay of Pigs invasion and re-made his life in Miami, and is now the general manager of the Mutiny Hotel, the glamorous epicenter of the Miami cocaine scene of late '70s and early '80s.