Comment un haut-fonctionnaire international, respectable père de famille, devient-il un assassin professionnel? Par un implacable enchainement de circonstances, Vincent se voit passer de l'un à l'autre, pratiquement du jour au lendemain.
Sa vie à jamais bouleversée, contraint de suivre, pour protéger les siens, le sort qu'on lui impose, il se retrouve seul, ne pouvant faire confiance à personne, Pour échapper à ses poursuivants aux bras tentaculaires, il devra opérer certains choix aux conséquences irréversibles.
Par-delà l'action et le suspense, c'est le roman de la dualité, de l'ambiguïté et de l'illusion.
Written in French, this is the story of a civil servant’s tortuous journey into hell: as his hand is forced by extortion and violence, he gradually assumes the mantle of a professional hitman. Geneva, Paris and the Americas provide the backdrop for this explosive cocktail…
This action-packed suspense thriller is the story of a man compelled to lead a double life, if he is to survive in a world where nothing is as it seems. From the very beginning, the plot is steeped in an atmosphere of danger and suspense.
The story involves:
Character psychology providing motivation for the protagonist and secondary characters.
Action and suspense: the dramatic sequence of events that lead the protagonist to abandon his former life.
Observational narrative which draws on the real work of a civil servant.
Local colour –in trips to exotic locations.
Sa vie à jamais bouleversée, contraint de suivre, pour protéger les siens, le sort qu'on lui impose, il se retrouve seul, ne pouvant faire confiance à personne, Pour échapper à ses poursuivants aux bras tentaculaires, il devra opérer certains choix aux conséquences irréversibles.
Par-delà l'action et le suspense, c'est le roman de la dualité, de l'ambiguïté et de l'illusion.
Written in French, this is the story of a civil servant’s tortuous journey into hell: as his hand is forced by extortion and violence, he gradually assumes the mantle of a professional hitman. Geneva, Paris and the Americas provide the backdrop for this explosive cocktail…
This action-packed suspense thriller is the story of a man compelled to lead a double life, if he is to survive in a world where nothing is as it seems. From the very beginning, the plot is steeped in an atmosphere of danger and suspense.
The story involves:
Character psychology providing motivation for the protagonist and secondary characters.
Action and suspense: the dramatic sequence of events that lead the protagonist to abandon his former life.
Observational narrative which draws on the real work of a civil servant.
Local colour –in trips to exotic locations.
