Greece, the last decades of the 19th century. Bipartisanship, corruption, politicians, thugs, "golden beetles," and bankers define the political and economic landscape. In this environment, the merchant-traveler Romaios Aggoules arrives in Athens: an artistic and unconventional nature, he decides to settle and, instead of engaging in stock market games, invest in "beauty."

Together with his illegitimate daughter Rozita and his assistant Sotiris Kontaxis, they plant a rose garden, hoping to include all known varieties of roses and create new species, achieving the "blue rose." The Rose Garden of Kerameikos, the famous "City of Roses," quickly becomes the cradle of pioneering ideas.

There, restless youths will be immersed, older anti-monarchists will take refuge, while human passions, love, and endurance will be tested in an unrecognizable Athens, which constantly surprises the reader, either with its differences or with the hidden "signs of our times." A historical novel for all those who lived "as they wanted to live," bequeathing to future generations the seeds of utopia.