Following his former teacher’s death in 2001, writer Samuel Nihilo decides to pursue the late professor’s investigation about the murder of a Minister and the kidnapping of an English diplomat wich occured in 1970, in the Province of Quebec.

In the professor’s view, the event was the result of a political conspiracy. Nihilo’s own investigation begins in Montreal, takes him to the wide-open countryside of Abitibi, and finally leads him to Zopilote, a village in Mexico, where he crosses paths with a former member of the FLQ. Before long, Nihilo discovers that the secret service was involved in the events of 1970, as were the anti-terrorist squad and myriad shady characters, including an assassinated cabinet minister whose apparition is like something straight out of Shakespeare.

In this outstanding work, Louis Hamelin reimagines the history of terrorism in Quebec and deftly captures, with frequent touches of humour, a society in the midst of transition from one era to another. This is a historical novel, a mystery, a thriller, and much more – all wrapped into one book.