Introduction: "The boy and the killer roamed the backlands" Ariano is the only survivor of a terrible massacre in the village of Santo Milagre. Now the eight-year-old boy wanders alone through the backlands of the Northeast in possession of a golden saint and in search of someone who can carry out his revenge on a band of outlaws. The year is 1924, in the merciless and arid setting of the backlands of the Northeast, the lives of little Ariano and the experienced killer Z茅bedeu de Anchieta cross paths. After witnessing the brutal massacre of his village by bandits in search of a sacred wealth of ours led by the cruel Herculano, the eight-year-old Ariano becomes the only survivor. Now alone in this world, he seeks a little justice and revenge for his people. With the golden saint in his hands, Ariano sets out in search of someone capable of carrying out his justice. It is then that he meets Z茅bedeu, a killer supported by life, and an unexpected friendship blossoms between the two, as they cross the backlands on an exciting journey in search of redemption and face the fury and the harshness of a land of violence....