1934. The square in front of the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris. In a moment, Vango will become a priest. The beauty Ethel, desperately in love with the young man, watches him without blinking. Suddenly, a stranger interrupts the ceremony and shoots Vango. The young man escapes, but now he is pursued by the French police as well…
Fear of being chased is familiar to Vango from childhood. But why does he have to live in constant fear—and who is he, really? He knows almost nothing about himself: long ago, Vango—still an infant—and his young nurse were found on the shores of the Aeolian Islands. She, having completely forgotten the past, decided: they and the boy will start a new life there. But after many years, Vango is still forced to leave his beloved island in order to meet fate…
Meanwhile, Hitler comes to power in Germany, and not only Vango’s fate, but the fate of the whole world changes its course. In 2010, after the global success of the fantasy “Toby Lolness,” the French writer Timothée de Fombelle released a new teen novel that critics immediately called the best of the best. Only in France, the book sold over 100,000 copies.