1959, East Berlin. Brilliant 20-year-old Lia Stein’s world
shatters when she discovers she’s adopted – and that her
biological father is likely Adriano Olivetti, visionary CEO of
Italy’s typewriter empire.
Determined to find answers, Lia moves to Ivrea, Olivetti’s
“concrete utopia” at the foot of the Alps. Here, Adriano
has built something unprecedented: a company putting
humanity at the centre of technology. But this isn’t the
warm family reunion she imagined. Ivrea is a maze of
corporate intrigue and family betrayals, with Adriano’s
brother-in-law scheming to destroy his vision.
Using her math genius, Lia infiltrates Olivetti’s secret
Electronic Lab, led by IT pioneer Mario Tchou, working on
the world’s first personal computer. As Cold War powers
eye the breakthrough, Lia finds herself caught between
her indispensable role in the lab and the risk of losing
everything by revealing her identity to Adriano.
When Adriano selects her for a key presentation in
Moscow, CIA suspicions ignite. Just as she prepares to tell
him the truth, tragedy strikes: Adriano dies mysteriously,
Mario vanishes, and the lab faces shutdown. Lia not only
inherits a groundbreaking invention but also Adriano’s
enemies.