The two faces of death

"But far from calming the game, these political assassinations call for others and, very quickly, the Court again rustles with the wildest intrigues, threatening the very life of the King and those close to him. Henri de Bourbon-Verneuil, known as Le Dioscure, legitimized bastard of Henri IV, is charged by the new monarch, with whom he has a more than fraternal relationship, to put his criminal, but also sexual, talents at the service of the crown. The adventure, full of pitfalls and twists, will lead him from the highest spheres of the state to the underbelly of the Court of Miracles, where he will have to defend his skin dearly."