After being imprisoned for four years, Saeed Mahran appears bent on revenge. He finds his world has changed a lot, as the situation has changed with the outbreak of the 1952 revolution. As for his personal life, his ex-wife, Nabawia, married his follower and right-hand man, Alish, and they decided to deprive him of his daughter, Sana. As for his teacher and revolutionary teacher, Raouf Alwan, he joined the elite and turned against his ideas and slogans. Sayid seeks justice in his own way, but ends up being pursued and driven by hatred too much to recognize his last chance at love and redemption. The novel was published in 1961 and quickly moved to the cinema screen, where the movie “The Thief and the Dogs” was produced in 1962.
