![]() ![]() We could write a lot about the metaphorical world where the wind blows constantly from west to east, but with so much diversity, inconsistency, speed, movement, regularity that it is said to be the source of all existing thing. When the content is an incredible support to the form, as the author uses the french language like few authors have done before him (and I’m including classic authors such as Balzac, Hugo, Dumas, Stendahl). Secondly, it is a pure masterpiece, as it’s the essence of what is my definition of a masterpiece: when the style serves the content, making the content an epic intimate story about people as individuals and as a group. It’s a book about humanity, sociologically fascinating. Let me explain: first, I put sci-fi between parenthesis, as it’s what could hold many people from reading this book, but it’s really not the subject of the book. The book is set in an imaginary world, full of a specifically crafted mysticism around the wind, but it’s really there to serve the topic of the book, which is really about humans, relationships, inner quests, courage, devotion to others and to their goals. To make it short: La Horde du Contrevent, aka The Horde of Counterwind is a french (sci-fi) novel, written by Alain Damasio (), and it is a pure masterpiece. ![]()
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