November 1803. The life of the First Consul, Napoleon Bonaparte, is constantly under threat. The Paris guillotine and military tribunals do not reduce the number of royalist conspirators. Hatred of the usurper is joined by an even hotter desire to avenge the death of their fellow campaigners. Napoleon has already gotten used to this. He moves troops, flirts with actresses, quarrels with Josephine—and he does not even doubt that Fouché and his police will always be on top.
Meanwhile, from England, bypassing the triple ring of French coastal defenses, arrives the main agent of Cadoudal, the leader of the Chouan conspirators. This man is elusive and extremely dangerous. In his pocket he has a formidable weapon—a royal letter that provides credit for unlimited sums. Fouché’s trackers get a hit. The hunt has begun...