« The silence of the catastrophe still echoes.
At regular intervals, a strange genetic manifestation sweeps across the planet—wiping out anyone considered genetically “normal.”
Leo Stillman, a Hollywood actor and little person, travels through a deserted France turned into a ghost land. By his side: Manon and Paul, two young adults with Down syndrome; Dr. Ali Maaloum, a brilliant biologist nicknamed the dwarf with a PhD; Justine Wang, a fierce, sharp-tongued woman of small stature; and Yaphet, an autistic and hemophiliac genius whose logic is as fragile as his body.
Together, they search for the origin of the phenomenon and a place to survive—deep within France’s so-called “Empty Diagonal.”
But as their journey unfolds, the mystery deepens. Unexplainable events multiply, strange encounters blur the line between science and faith—and the sanctuary they’re heading toward may, in fact, be the ultimate trap. »