Ignace and Rose-Josèphe are a mixed couple from mainland France, recently settled on a French-speaking island in the West Indies. The genealogy of these two characters (Rose-Josèphe, great-granddaughter of a slave owner; Ignace, a half-breed, the product of the mixture between a white European and the great-granddaughter of a slave), proves to be problematic, once they discover the Creole society in which they have begun to evolve.
One day, during one of their walks at Pointe-Allègre, they stumble upon a violent demonstration, taking place on this historical site, between the Euro-descendants and the Afro-descendants, about a stele witnessing the memory, on the one hand, glorious for the representatives of the dominators, on the other hand painful for those of the dominated. Four voices intervene in turn to present their respective points of view on this dispute. The fourth, that of a little girl, plunges the adults, of all sides, into reflection, while Rose-Josèphe and Ignace find themselves caught up in a destructive instability, on all levels, for them who were far from suspecting the existence of such a permanent conflict in this society.
They both feel the need to go in search of their past, first together, then on their own. Will the couple suffer the negative effects of the destruction, or will they manage to rebuild as in the early days of their love? Will he be able to collect, at the end of his initiatory steps, competencies allowing him to play a role on the scale of Humanity, or will it be drowned out by the problems arising from each person's genetic legacy?
Through this story, the reader is taken on a journey not only in the Caribbean but also in Europe and Africa, America, to end up in the Universe with the creation of humanity as an apotheosis.
