Pierre Niemans is the ex golden-boy of the commando squad. Karim Abdouf is a young ruffian turned police inspector. They are experienced, slightly marginal cops who believe they have seen everything. Until one is assigned a case following the horrifying discovery of a mutilated and tortured corpse, in the foetal position, lodged in an inaccessible crevice. The other discovers the desecrated tomb of a child. The two come together when a new victim is found high up in a glacier. Are these the workings of a satanic sect or a hideous vengeance bearing hints of genetic manipulations? Surveying the depths of the past, the two men are drawn to a truth beyond the realms of the imaginable.
Set in a translucent world of knife-edge glaciers, this novel is a thriller of ambiguity and suspense, a breathtaking and chilling exploration of evil.
