Philosophical fiction in a world of dreams and magic. Pierrot seduces Clea, promising her the freedom she longs for, but his love comes at a price.

As Clea readies to marry the nobleman Berthier, she meets Pierrot, a street magician who brings into her life the freedom of the open road that she was missing. She follows him to his secret hideout deep in the woods, and a wondrous world opens its doors to her. But the honeymoon is short-lived, and passion soon gives way to confusion. Who is Pierrot, really? A tale of ideas that tells of passion's dangers and the end of innocence.