<p><em>Every man is possessed of one great sin.</em></p><p><br></p><p>Etienne Allard is a libertine. Carousing with prostitutes gambling away his fortunes and carrying on clandestine affairs with the married elite of Belle ��poque Paris he wiles away his days and nights drinking deeply from the cup of carnal delights both divine and devilish. But even pleasure has its limits.</p><p><br></p><p>So when the infernal emissary Arman Sur appears with an offer of a life of sensual passions unimaginable in exchange for his soul a deal is struck that will lead Etienne on a journey to the heights of rapture and the edge of madness.</p><p><br></p><p>Decades later an ageless and aimless Etienne wanders the earth like Cain bemoaning his self-inflicted tortures. That is until fate intercedes and the reappearance of a one-time enemy bearing a remarkable secret sets Etienne on a new journey to reap his own vengeance upon the devil and reclaim his lost soul.</p>