Tatiana de Ronay is an English-French writer, screenwriter, journalist and literary critic, whose works have been translated into many languages of the world and published in millions of copies. But her most notable success is associated with the novel “Sarah’s Key” and the film of the same name starring Kristin Scott-Thomas, which went around the world’s screens. The Rain Sentinel is a novel of rare dramatic intensity, in which the psychological tension is fueled by an apocalyptic flood. Paris is under water, the water level in the Seine has risen to a record height, coastal streets are flooded, hundreds of houses are left without electricity. It is at this time that the Malgards are going to celebrate the seventieth birthday of the head of the family, Paul, a world-famous arborist. All his life he cares for trees and protects them. He even chose the names for the children in honor of the linden tree, his favorite tree. His wife Lauren has been planning this event for two years, so neither the flood nor the heavy rains that hit the City of Light can prevent the celebration. However, it is not extraordinary circumstances that pose a threat to family unity, but a truth known since time immemorial: there is nothing secret that would not become obvious. For the first time in Russian!