This is the story of a man who travels to Brussels, and meets some people with whom he spends a few days. When they all go on a day trip to the "slanting plane" of Ronquieres, all sorts of bottled up frustrations flare up.

Follows Abbess, who is given the task of repopulating and Christianizing border territories at war with Islam.

Martin is a successful man with a well-paying job in a pharmaceutical company. He lives with his family in an upscale neighborhood of a Belgian city, and is already making plans for another...