1800–1802. France is being revived at a rapid pace after a decade of devastation and decline. Not only the French, but all of Europe are in admiration for the First Consul Bonaparte. This man strives for universal peace, and his managerial genius seems to have no boundaries: he builds roads, bridges and canals, writes laws, fills the treasury with gold. Thousands of tourists, who flooded Paris for the first time since the revolution, are sending enthusiastic reports to their homeland. Poets and composers dedicate their best works to the general. Few manage to see Bonaparte's true face at this time. His real appearance is revealed to Suzanne du Chatelet - the appearance of a monster, a creature of a strange nature, knowing neither good nor evil, neither mercy nor cruelty. For him, people are faceless chips, the world is an arena for meaningless adventures. And although Suzanne's friend, Minister Talleyrand, is optimistic about the future of France, the heroine makes a choice that her heart tells her. And which her husband had already done without hesitation. The twelfth book of the historical series “Suzanne” by Roxanne Gideon.