The young Faber was cool, smart, a bit dangerous, and quite distant. He was the idol of the entire school and her first great love. But when Madeleine finds him again in his miserable hut in the Pyrenees, she can hardly recognize him. He is disheveled and apparently insane. He was somewhat megalomaniacal even as a teenager, a seductive rebel, sometimes literally obsessed. Back then, he formed an inseparable trio with Basile, dreaming of justice and happiness while fighting a dangerous battle. That was fifteen years ago. Madeleine takes Faber back to the place of their youth, where she still lives, trying to save him together with Basile, but in truth, it's about revenge. Soon, it's a matter of life and death. What have the three done to each other? This great novel tells the story of the search for stability and future, of dreams and seduction.