the adventures of the little and Druon Huguelin end with this third volume and it is of the same essence as the previous two: well written, full of suspense .... At Saint Agnan, village and arrive Druon Huguelin is the excitement and bustle: the priest was then crucified and slain shortly after it's his secretary found also murdered. Nobody knows nothing, saw nothing, heard nothing. Druon will try to find the culprit but it must also be wary of all the people around him because he knows that he is wanted by the Inquisition ...., by the king, by the Templars by the papacy want for purposes quite different end up in possession of the red stone. This red stone has spilled much blood spilled in and will still flow as it is coveted. The red stone will be left to Druon by a person who wants to atone for these sins and crimes ..... Druon and will discover with amazement the red stone of power. But Druon is primarily Héluise and on her way she will be confronted with people who crossed his childhood, people she never thought to see again. She did not expect to feel the first stirrings of love and yet her femininity is !!!!!! A superb historical saga !!!