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TANÂTOS, alias "The Son of Death" or "The Man of a Thousand Faces" arrives on the scene in December 1913 when Raymond Poincaré is President. The Socialists, led by Jean Jaurès, still believe that war can be avoided, and fight the warlike ardor of the government and the nationalists. The infamous criminal intends to use this pro-war climate to become the richest man in the world. His knowledge of disguise, his unlimited resources, his exceptional intelligence, his total lack of conscience, allow him to dream up crimes and schemes with perfect indifference to his victims. Only two men, ANTOINE BERNIN, inspector in the Police judiciaire, and LOUIS VICTOR of the detective agency Fiat Lux, stand against the man who plans to become the Master of the World...