Successful Parisian lawyer Jean-Michel Poitier receives, from a family friend, Swiss notary Yakov Rosenstein, a portion of an old church archive. The archive contains mysterious documents, references to an elixir of immortality, and an unusual deck of cards inscribed with "Pygmalion".
After Rosenstein is mysteriously murdered, Jean and his assistant Julie are drawn into a dangerous whirlpool of events connected to the archive, spy intrigue, and a search for immortality.
This book is a work of fiction. All historical and cultural references are interpreted in a fictional manner and do not claim to be accurate. ย