While the French Revolution is spreading new ideas all over Europe, in the Kingdom of Naples repression is hitting hard, and intellectuals are being arrested due to their revolutionary ideas. Vincenzo Cuoco, one of the most innovative thinker of that time, returns to his native town, Civitacamporano, in Molise County. Here, Duke Mirelli is using a futuristic machine, the optical tachograph, to spread fake news and control the population. With the help of other intellectuals, such as Olimpia Frangipane, Cuoco will try and stop the Duke's evil plans.