A city in flames. A killer on a mission. During the Paris student protests, the brutally mutilated body of a young woman is found, arranged in a yoga pose. Her boyfriend Hervé and his half-brother Mersch, a police officer, become involved in the investigation. Then a second body appears: again in a yoga pose, again a friend of Hervé. Is someone trying to send him a bloody message? The killer's trail leads halfway around the world to India. But the shocking truth Hervé finds there goes much further.

Paris, 1968: The streets are burning, and the state order seems to be undermined. In the midst of this chaos, the clever yet angry student Hervé discovers the body of his girlfriend Suzanne. She is gruesomely murdered, hanging in a yoga pose from a beam in her apartment. Hervé asks his half-brother and police officer Mersch for help. Together with Nicole, a friend of the victim, they uncover a lead that takes them deep into the spiritual movements of India. But when another friend of Hervé is murdered and arranged in a yoga pose, the three realize: The killer is targeting Hervé himself. But why? A relentless chase around the globe begins, at the end of which evil reveals itself behind a mask of faith and power.

“A bloody yet nerve-wracking chase.” Paris Match.