Summary

"This is the story of a symbol. It's the symbol of death, and also symbol of a secret association, exclusively female, that extols the benefits of violent punishment for all guilty parties: ""mourning for mourning, a child for a child""! Everyone thought that the SHI association had disappeared forever. But it's just started showing signs of... death once again by carrying out an attack on a family member of a highly controversial English magnate of the arms industry, Lionel Barrington. This tragic event will lead us right back to the very beginnings of the SHI association, halfway through the 19th century, right at the heart of London town as it builds up to the first World Exhibition... At the beginning, there was anger..."