The Simoun D'ja, the wind that rips off the skin, has withdrawn and very few are the survivors. Worse still: some have been marked by the Qu'adj, the Demon! The latter weaves his canvas of destruction while alliances against nature are formed in order to bring down Hierus Halem. Only Gauthier of Flanders tries to escape this madness by fighting evil at the root. But, for this, it will have to recover the Mirror of Syria, the reflection of souls. And Syria is already in the hands of demons far too human.