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By 1785, deep in the heart of Paris, the city's oldest cemetery is overflowing, tainting the breath of those who live close by. Into their midst comes Jean-Baptiste Baratte, a young, provincial engineer charged by the king with demolishing it. At first Baratte considers this as an opportunity to clear the responsibility of record, a fitting job for a modern man of reason. But in a short time, he commences to suspect that the damage of the cemetery might be a prelude to his own.
