A French Author’s Bold Entry Into the Dark Heart of New York
Sylvain Lefebvre’s third novel, Fatal Legacy: Succession, makes its debut at the LIONS Congress
New York, psychological trauma, and a hidden voice that never lets go.
In his third and most daring novel yet, French author Sylvain Lefebvre delivers Fatal Legacy: Succession, a psychological thriller that plunges into the shadows of trauma, survival, and memory in the heart of New York City.
Already hailed by early readers as being on par with Shutter Island and God’s Crooked Line, Lefebvre’s work dares to enter a world that has rarely been explored in fiction.
“If you loved The Girl on the Train, you won’t be disappointed,” says the author.
Told through intersecting storylines — from a tormented young girl escaping her past to a powerful New York industrialist recounting his unlikely rise from postwar France — Fatal Legacy explores the consequences of inheritance, identity, and secrets too painful to name.
“It’s one of the best foreign thrillers of the year,” says Lefebvre, “and a book that shows the psychological scars we carry, often in silence.”
The release coincides with the LIONS Congress, where anticipation is growing fast.
