Commissaire Michel de Palma is confronted by a series of unexplained deaths, all bearing the grisly hallmarks of an ancient myth. But one summer’s night the ceremony is broken by a gruesome discovery: a mutilated body found at the feet of the effigy, apparently torn apart by enormous teeth and claws. Can the monster of legend be more than just myth?
As more dismembered corpses continue to appear, de Palma falls into a world coloured by murky financial intrigues and the tortured history of post-occupation France. It’s a world where de Palma’s uninvited investigations could soon see him in mortal danger.
