This is the third "Paul Faustino" novel by multi-award-winning Mal Peet.

A massive soccer star has it all, but someone is plotting his downfall...Revered as a national hero...married to the desirable Desmerelda...cherished by the media...soccer star, Otello, has it all.

But a sensational club transfer sparks a media frenzy, and when he is wrongly implicated in a scandal, the footballer's life turns into a tragic spiral of destruction.

South America's top sports journalist, Paul Faustino, witnesses the power of the media in making and breaking people's lives.