1792: The Jacobins have taken Paris and brought down the King. France is in the midst of a revolution, which means there is chaos. Lyon, a mercantile city that suddenly rebels, finds itself at the center of history. From around the country, and particularly Forez, an entire population pours in as improvised guardians of a new Troy. Betrayal, sensuality, honorable combat and bloodthirsty civil war: readers will be carried away by this exciting saga. The stories of the Pierrebelle and Conche families are like mirrors reflecting the fate of the entire country. Jean, Camille, Sophie, Rambert... In the war-torn city, along the Guillotine River, no one will be spared. Thanks to Antoine de Meaux’s plume, the dazzling stories of a handful of individuals will lure readers into a whirlwind of a period, when two irreconcilable visions confronted each other. The painful tipping point from the old world to the new…

The Jacobins have taken Paris and brought down the King. France is in the midst of revolution. In the hills around Lyon and the Forez region, the sound of distant thunder can be heard. The city of Lyon will soon undergo a merciless siege that will decide France’s fate.