An autobiographical literary novel. After discovering a dramatic secret, a writer explores the past of a family in the American West spanning five generations, from the late 19th century to the present day.

Through the masterful evocation of a great family of the American West, Thomas Savage retraces the history of his family, made up of extraordinary destinies and broken lives, also carrying a terrible secret that would profoundly mark his work.

Thomas Burton is a writer. He's fifty years old. And his success is relatively limited, as his readers sometimes find him too difficult. However, one fine morning, a few very simple words will turn his life upside down. The contents of a letter written by a stranger claiming to be his sister...
To shed light on this strange revelation, the writer will have to explore his family's past, a clan of wealthy ranchers ruled with an iron fist by his grandmother, the "Queen of Idaho Sheep," an exceptional woman, but incapable of preventing the terrible tragedies that would strike her descendants, including Thomas Burton, alias Thomas Savage...