Summer 1984. Avid of freedom, Lyne and her lover get lost as they set off to explore the backwoods. They find shelter in a cabin once built by a trapper. What awaits them there will change their lives forever. From ancestor Léopold to grandfather Siméon, and between Lyne, the mother, and Tania the daughter, Julien Gravelle weaves time and points of view to portrait the rise
and fall of the Malençons in Fond-du-Lac, a family whose roots lie deep in the soil of the boreal plains and who, from generation to generation, have born a heavy secret in the heart of the magnificent and overwhelming nature of northern Lac-Saint-Jean.
Tania isn’t worried about the night falling in the next few hours. In the distance, a kilometer or two away, she sees the forest canopy rising from the lake above a hill, then abruptly breaking off. The shape in the landscape is too sharp to be natural. It’s a clearcut area. Which means there must be a logging path leading to a road to take the logs away. It’s the same road she walked on earlier. Tania has her headlamp with her, so finding back her hunting tower should be easy. Although she’s never been good at making wise choices among humans, she’s always known how to find her way in the forest.