The series is the stepping stone into the world of fiction for the successful couple Manuela Arcuri and Gabriel Garko and has hosted several renowned actors, including: Virna Lisi, Giancarlo Giannini, Paul Sorvino, Ángela Molina, Vincent Spano, Eric Roberts, Giuliana De Sio, Ben Gazzara, Ray Lovelock, Alessandra Martines, Lina Sastri, Burt Young, Barbara De Rossi, and Bo Derek.

When her father in law dies, she convinces her husband Pasquale to sell the estate of the deceased patriarch Rocco, and leave Sicily to start a new life in the north with his two sons Tonio and Santi, with the hope of making a fortune.

Pasquale will not be able to defend against the local underworld, who will exploit and push him to suicide in 1965, while Ersilia, unable to bear the pain of her husband's death, loses her mind, ending up in a nursing home.

After Pippo will killed by Tonio, while Santi can become a magistrate and falls in love with Melina, promising to do a father to his niece, because Nella is dead, killed by one of the Tonio's two best friends, at the gate that separated the child up for adoption years ago, born of the rape of her stepfather who, in response, had injured his hand, but she had to be (wrongly) imprisoned by the unexpected testimony of the mother, afraid of a possible backlash from her husband; she had also fallen in love with a woman thief, but then gave up running away with the money earned through the robberies.

At the beginning Tonio accepts, but at the decisive moment the protagonist plunges into a desperate battle against all, and manages to kill all the mobsters that appear in front, don Calogero included, but is seriously injured.

Against the background of Sirenuse, Italy, of 1969, the exciting and dramatic saga of Fortebracci family continues with Tonio having survived the massacre of the quarry and now tries in every way to embrace his wife Olga.

In fact, the woman died in a car accident with her new boyfriend, who wanted to leave for the sake of Tonio: Only Nicolas, their only son, is saved from the tragedy.

She knows Fred, Dario's biological father, and Rodolfo's uncle, a cruel man, just returned in Sirenuse from Lebanon (where he has been for seven years), who rapes a long time the sweet sister Carmela and is admired by teenage brother Fortunato.

Between Carmela and Tonio there begins to be affection, because she hides in her house to escape the violent brother, who will fall in love with Assunta Rocca, who is disagrees never with her mother, tha hate Rodolfo.

Meanwhile, Carmela, after the death of Rodolfo, believing that Tonio (who falls in love with the judge Francesca De Santis) is responsible and not being able to forgive, decides to leave.

So he decides to cooperate with the justice, represented by the judge Francesca De Santis, target of gangs and best friend of Tonio, with whom she has fallen in love.

When Fortunato Di Venanzio, together with all chieftains' sons, rapes and kills Venere, for Tripolina that's the beginning of a great suffering and desire for revenge.

So Tonio, with the help of the judge De Santis, La donna e suo figlio Salvatore muoiono, invece Antonia, che era rimasta con il Fortebracci, si salva.

Meanwhile, Tonio finds, thanks to Francesca, that behind the death of Nicolas, his sons, and Santi, his brother, one year ago, there're not only Rodolfo and Fortunato Di Venanzio, but an old boss also, Saro Ferlito, called "The puppeteer" (in the Sicilian language, ""Lu burattinaru"").

In fact Angelica kills her uncle Everelado and her cousin Fabiola, so now she is the sole Ligorum owner: she knows Tonio wants company, and forces him to marry her, because she fell in love with him.

The plan succeeds, and after killing Fulvio, responsible for the rape of the daughter, Tripolina takes possession of the villa of Mancuso and their lives, together with his sons.

From Turin comes the commissioner Renè Rolla, a strong and alternative man, who is the ex-husband of Francesca De Santis, that will die to save Tonio.

Fortebracci, returns to Sicily, he was arrested by the Commissioner Rolla (Francesco Testi) thanks to the testimony of Paride De Nicola (Federico Maria Galante).

Also we will meet Ettore De Nicola (Valerio Morigi), who manages to escape from prison again and will be hungry for revenge and ready to climb the hierarchy of the dome mafia, becoming even more violent, evil and cruel.