Simon Bolivar. Liberator, the greatest hero of the war for independence, a legendary figure. A sovereign who voluntarily gave up power. Quite recently, he commanded armies, ruled nations, and suddenly – resignation... The last years of Bolivar's life are a period of which historians know almost nothing. However, under the pen of the greatest master of magical realism, legend turns into truth, and truth into myth. Facts are just a frame for the true plot of the book. And the very real "last journey" of the elderly Bolivar along the river becomes a journey from the world of the living to the world of the dead – a journey along the road of memories, where the general will have to settle scores for the last time with everyone he loved or hated in this life...