Since he was a teenager, Jean-Philippe Blondel has seen himself as a survivor, having lost his parents and brother in two car accidents before the age of 21. Despite this tragedy, he has built himself a happy life. He is an English teacher, a profession he loves, has started a family, and has become a writer.
 
But in the winter of 2021, as Covid spreads across the planet, he learns that he has cancer, and he finds himself suddenly thrown into a “ring of fire." For the second time in his life, an abyss opens up before him. How will he stop himself from becoming swallowed by the blackness as his body fights through the corporal flagellations of chemotherapy?
 
Jean-Philippe Blondel, with a voice like a kind and thoughtful friend, draws a tale imbued with tenderness and insight.