Year 406 B.C.: The village of Akragas surrenders to the people of Cartagena. Kalebas goes free and hides in an underground passage with his soldier’s wages, a bag filled with gold coins. He gets bitten by a viper. He suffers terribly, but just before he dies.
Year 1909: One of the coins are found by a doctor from Vigata (Sicily). When he sees the rare coin he falls off his horse, and breaks his leg. Hereafter a series of tragic and fantastic things happen until we come to the totally unexpected endning!

Easy Readers er bearbejdede og forkortede udgaver af romaner og noveller. De findes på niveau A, B, C og D, hvor A er lettest. Niveauerne relaterer til Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (level A2 til B2).