Prehistory. Orhak is a respected shaman, but her status is shaken by several bad seasons for the clan of the middle highlands… until one day, while searching for a cave cistern, she discovers an extraordinary cavity. Late 19th century. Louis Armand is a blacksmith who loves his limestone plateaus. Together with the inventor of speleology, E. A. Martel, they discover the most beautiful caves. One of them will bear Louis’s name and become famous… but its mysteries will remain buried long after his death. Present day. Fanny is a freelance journalist for a major newspaper. Her friend Élodie is a guide at the Aven Armand cave. Her grandfather is none other than Louis Armand, whose private journals detailing his explorations she discovers hidden in the cellar of her house. Before she has time to read them, she entrusts them to Fanny for an article… Three eras, and the same mystery that spans the ages around a unique place where reality borders on magic.
Aven reveals an unsuspected universe in a breath of adventure and suspense, where the rugged landscape of the Causse Méjan becomes the guardian of the secret memory of humans across the centuries.
