This trilogy of short tales illustrated by of one of Europe’s greatest comic creators, Loisel, explores the erotic side of rituals and festivals.

In "The Offering" a curvaceous young nymph is offered as a sacrifice to a mythical monster, only for rescue to come in an unlikely form. "The Bonfires of St. John" tells the voyeuristic misadventures of a Middle Ages virgin. While "The Ceremony" is set in Venice at beginning of the 20th century, when a young pregnant woman joins her lover during a mystery laden Venetian masquerade ball.