The novel "Labyrinth of Inhumanity" was published in Paris in 1938, which caused a great stir in Parisian literary life. For some, it was a new Arthur Rimbaud, for others it was simple plagiarism. After publication, the author of the book disappears.

Nowadays, the book finds its way into the hands of a young Senegalese writer. Diegan Latir Faye is impressed by this work and decides to reveal the mysterious disappearance of the book's author. Following the trail of the mysterious author, Diegan finds himself in the dark corners of the history of the dramatic events of the colonial period, the First World War, the Holocaust.