Paris 1920. Private detective Varlot receives a commission from the highly decorated war hero Colonel Fantin: he is to monitor Fantin's wife, who is allegedly cheating on him. Or so it seems. In reality, the case involves unpunished atrocities from the time of the war. During his investigations, Varlot becomes entangled in the colorful milieu of anarchists and Esperantists. Before he knows it, he is caught in a hopeless struggle between lies and truth, state and anarchy, personal gain and his own conscience. A battle that one can only lose. This comic is based on a novel by Didier Daeninckx, who has established himself among the leading French crime writers with his nationally and socially critical works.