The last months of the year, at the end of the millennium. American tourist George Stobbart is thrilled to be in Paris. Sitting outside a charming café, enjoying a café au lait, George is startled by a clown who drops his accordion on a bar stool. Moments later there is a massive blast and the café is destroyed. George narrowly escapes serious injury. Determined to discover the motives of the deadly clown and bring him to justice, George teams up with Parisian photo-journalist Nico Collard. Soon, they find themselves being drawn into a gripping adventure. Known for combining scripts laced with sharp wit and logical but challenging puzzles, Broken Sword is a celebrated franchise within the adventure genre, having first been released back in 1996.