They were taught to feel nothing. Only one failed.
Disgraced police officer Bachira Rahmani intercepts a radio message by chance: children being transferred at night to a facility that appears on no map. His investigation leads him to the Aurore Foundation - an impeccable humanitarian institution, decorated by nine governments.
Behind its walls, thirty-one children who never go outside. And Elisa, eight years old, classified as a failure by the program because she still feels something.
Psychological thriller. First volume of the Code Elisa saga. Also available in English.