Haunted by his friend's death, a former legionnaire takes refuge in painting. Disgusted by the way the world is going, he puts his success to a highly unconventional use.

A former French Foreign legionnaire is haunted by the memory of his comrade M, killed in action. Now a recluse, he expresses his rage in apocalyptic paintings. His dead friend, a great humanist who fell victim to man's insanity, has become his muse. While the art market breaks records, the boom in data centers, the emergence of index funds, and the hypertrophy of social networks upsets the greater financial equilibrium. His encounter with a powerful and mysterious patron soon paves the way to success beyond his wildest dreams. But disgusted by the way the world is going, he plots to put his anger, his influence, and the madness of algorithms to the service of an ideal. But what cataclysm awaits?