“Horizon on Fire” is Pierre Lemaitre’s new novel, a continuation of his famous “Goodbye, Over There Up Above,” the novel crowned with the 2013 Goncourt Prize.
Madeleine Pericour, after her father’s death, will have to head the financial empire he built. Not many believe that a young woman can take such a high post. To make matters worse, her only son Paul is, as a result of a tragic accident, confined to a wheelchair—which complicates things even more. Madeleine finds herself on the brink of ruin, facing stubborn resistance from those around her, where corruption thrives. Surviving among the sharks of big business and rebuilding her life is even more difficult because in Europe a fire has already started—one that will destroy the old world.
In 2022, the film “Horizon on Fire” by Clovis Cornillac was released.