DuringanoutbreakofthebubonicplagueinthemagnificentSevilleof1587,Mateo,aformersoldier,returns,honouringhiswordtofindandextractadeadfriend’ssonfromthecity.Previously,Mateohadbeenforcedtofleethecitytosavehislife,havingbeensentencedtodeathbytheInquisitionforprintingforbiddenbooks.Beforehecancompletehistask,MateoisarrestedbytheInquisitor’sbailiffs,whopromisetopardonhislifeinexchangeforsolvingaseriesofcrimesofdiabolicovertonesbeingcommittedinSeville.PremiereofthefirsttwoepisodesofthenewTVseriesdirectedbyAlbertoRodríguez.