Burdle thief Theobald Pencroft, having reached his fifties, finally decided to retire. The poor fellow did not at all want the desired peace of mind to turn into eternal peace. But it’s not for nothing that he was nicknamed Loser. The scrape he finally got himself into threatens him with the gallows. To avoid such a gloomy prospect, Pencroft has to make a deal with a very dubious character, who suddenly needed his name for some reason. In return, Theobald Pencroft receives impeccable documents in the name of Benjamin Walter. But can a new name guarantee a new life?