In order to "save the Republic" caught between the far-right party and religious fanaticism, Amélie Dorendeu, now running for the presidency, follows the risky strategy elaborated by Philippe Rickwaert, who has just came out of prison and must remain in the shadow while waiting for his trial. But the divisions plaguing the country create an unprecedented institutional crisis. Will Rickwaert's sole tactical genius manage to reconcile the irreconcilable? Will Amélie become the stateswoman he dreamed of or his best enemy, the one who knows everything about him and even more? Will the Baron noir have to face his own destiny and thus reveal his true nature?