Nothing connects passengers boarding night train no. 5789. Thanks to an imposed camera, while they criss-cross sleeping territories, there are about ten of them to forge links, allowing intimacy and trust to be born, words to be exchanged, and secrets too. Behind the appearances are revealed vulnerable beings, victims of ordinary evils or the violence of the time, travelers trying to escape their loneliness, their routine or their lies. They do not know it yet, but at dawn, some will find death. This fearsomely suspenseful novel reminds us that no one can control their destiny. Through the delicacy and accuracy of its observations, Paris-Briançon celebrates the miracle of fortuitous encounters, and the grace of suspended moments, where all the truths can finally be told.