简介：AdestitutemanwandersthestreetsofCapHaïtien,dreamingabouthisimaginarykingdom.Hethinkshe’sKingChristophe,theNewWorld’sfirstruler,aformerslavewhowentontoliberateHaitiin1804.Chasedoutofthecity,KingChacha–asheisknown–takesrefugeinthegrandioseruinsoftheSansSoucicastle.HeisaccompaniedbyThimothée,ayoungstreeturchinwhohehastakenunderhiswing.Theinhabitantsofaneighboringvillage,who’vebeenwaitingforthesovereign’sreturnformanyyears,arecaughtupinhisfolly.Withinafewdays,thekingdomspringstolifeagain.Thepoverty-strickenpopulacerevelsinthepompandsplendorofatinselcourt.Butalltoosoon,KingChachaprovestobeanimplacabletyrant.Thimothée,repulsedbyhisprotector’stransformation,plotshisdownfall.…