To conquer the impregnable castle of Mercier - such was the goal of the desperate mercenary Severin Brigant, who was accustomed to selling his knightly sword and his courage to anyone who would pay in gold...

However, more impregnable than the fortress for Severin is the heart of the beautiful Alix, the duke's widow - a woman who will be able to explain to a man that love is not a momentary pleasure, but an ardent, reckless passion, in the flames of which both pride and anger burn...