Panama City, 1850, is still at the heart of the tropical jungle, where savages drums can be heard in the night and cheetahs scream in the tree tops. It is also the quickest route east or west, to or from the fabulous gold fields of California. The American Hotel is usually only a brief stopover for these travelers in a hurry, but on this day the layover will be extended, since the savages in the jungle seem preparing for trouble. Even Sonny with his chest of gold, and Valerian, going to meet Edgar Poe in Baltimore, will be delayed; and in that twenty-four hours their lives, as well as the lives of several others secluded there, will become transformed by the rapid and explosive chain of events.
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