Tony is torn between his fear of the past and his love for Lucia, a beautiful, independent interior designer, four years older than he is. For him, the age difference doesn’t count, for her it’s a problem unless he makes a success of his life. She prods him to take a job as a computer science consultant at the University of Catania. Soon he hits the jackpot: he creates with the help of students a brilliant social network, an innovative mix between Facebook and Second Life. Called the Chat Club, it lets Club members choose period costumes and meet their friends in "historical houses", much like a costume party. It is an instant success and Lucia is won over. But it attracts the appetite of both the Sicilian and Russian mafia. Soon a battle for control of the Chat Club ensues. When Russian hackers attack the Chat Club and kidnap Lucia, Tony has t use every resource at his disposal to fight back. An old friend of his, a specialist in Internet security called Billy-the-Rootkit comes to his rescue…Will the two of them manage to save the Chat Club and free Lucia?Because for Tony, life without Lucia is not worth living…