Note: This novel was awarded the "prix des maisons de la presse" in 2004.

Synopsis: Since her childhood, young archeologist Johanna has been haunted by the recurring dream of a mysterious headless monk urging her to dig the earth to go to heaven, and the vision of different violent deaths. She eventually becomes involved with digs on Mont Saint-Michel, where ghosts will lead her to the secret lying under the famous abbey, in a historical fantasy spanning fifteen centuries.