When talented young magazine photographer Laura Williams came to Carcassonne, France, to take pictures of a medieval festival, she was fascinated by the ancient walled city, with its colorful past and its air of mystery. She was charmed by Jean-Pierre Grilliot, the young painter who adored her. And she was greatly intrigued by Richard and Theodore DuPont, the handsome, wealthy half brothers who were the talk of the town. They could be so delightful, so magnetic, so gentle. Yet one of them was obsessed by a dark inner guilt that could explode into terrifying violence at any moment....