February 1927. All of Paris attends Marcel Péricourt's funeral. His daughter, Madeleine, is due to take over the financial empire to which she is heir, but fate decides otherwise. His son, Paul, with an unexpected and tragic gesture, will place Madeleine on the path to ruin and demotion.
Faced with the adversity of men, the greed of her time, the corruption of her milieu, and the ambition of those around her, Madeleine will have to deploy treasures of intelligence, energy, but also Machiavellianism to survive and rebuild her life. A task all the more difficult in a France that watches helplessly as the first colors of the fire that will ravage Europe appear.

Colors of fire is the second part of the trilogy inaugurated with See You Up There , winner of the 2013 Prix Goncourt, where we find the extraordinary talent of Pierre Lemaitre.