About the book: 2021 / The action of the novel, a family saga about the destinies of several generations of Bellefleurs, spans more than two hundred years and takes place in a fictional mountain region on the shores of Lake Noir somewhere in the northern United States. The events take place in a stunning castle, built in memory of the Bellefleur family nest in France, from where the ancestor of the family, Jean-Pierre, came to the young country at the end of the 18th century. At the center of the story is the generation of the family of the twentieth century, Gideon Bellefleur and his powerful and passionate wife Leia . Using the example of amazing and sometimes almost fantastic events in their lives, the author unfolds a wide panorama where stories of fatal love are intertwined with descriptions of brutal crimes, and a story about a financial genius with philosophical reflections on the greatness and insignificance of human nature. Immersed in the intricacies of the plot, the reader will not be able to tear himself away from the book until the grand finale.