The black wolf's breed

Set between the royal court and the colonial Mississippi valley during Louis XIV's reign, the narrative follows soldiers, courtiers, and settlers whose fortunes cross continents. It contrasts Versailles' opulence with ravaged rural life, and charts military campaigns, duels, daring flights, clandestine letters, and rescues that bind disparate characters. Episodes include voyages to the New World, the fall of a Gulf outpost, disputed inheritances and a mysterious box whose contents shape a younger generation. Themes of honor, social injustice, loyalty, and redemption run through swordplay, romance, and the demands of imperial ambition.