The eldest of a united family, a good-looking man and a good football player, SÔebastien Tardif has a bright future ahead of him. But one day, misfortune strikes his family head-on, after a serious accident which plunges the mother into a deep coma. SÔebastien and his younger sister, Annie, are placed in the care of separate foster families by the Children's Aid Service. Worried about his young sister and determined to see his family reunited again, SÔebastien will begin, on foot, by swimming, by hitchhiking, a long journey strewn with pitfalls, dangers and beautiful encounters, which will lead him to Ottawa to Kingston, where his father is incarcerated. Accidents, fraud, theft, pursuit, flight, break-in, drowning ... adventure seekers will be well served by this captivating story.