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Toni Chichiarelli arrives in Rome with the dream of becoming a painter, but his talent leads him elsewhere — from art galleries to state secrets. Between art, crime, and power, his signature ends up everywhere — even in the history of Italy.

Can a painter’s brushstroke become a weapon used to rewrite national history? This slippery crime drama follows a talented fraud whose forged signatures infiltrate the highest circles of Italian power.

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