The most amazing thing about this story is that it is true! Not only because of the strangeness of its events, as the Renaissance era is rich in wondrous adventures, but the reason for its strangeness is the almost complete forgetting of it. The two orphan children: Ghost and Columb are deceived; To participate in a colonial mission to explore the new world, as it is their only hope of meeting their father, the disappeared knight. This forgotten expedition is led by Philoganion, a warrior returning from the Crusades, bringing with him a diverse team of soldiers, workers, engineers, as well as an unprecedented element; Children of orphan age, the age that allows them to learn new languages ​​quickly enough; To work as translators with the indigenous people. On one of the most mysterious and exciting French campaigns of the Renaissance, and through the story of two orphans searching for hope and the human struggles they go through, in his book, which won the Goncourt Prize, Ruffin takes us on a captivating historical journey from the shores of France at the beginning of the era of religious unrest to Brazil with its red woods. To describe to us man's struggle with nature, and the first encounter between different civilizations, with the curiosity, fear, admiration, and passion it carries.