My comment is this: just write this novel is brilliant both funds on how the author leads his plot. The Civil War in the United States is a very bloody episode in the history of this country and which I knew almost nothing. I know now that it was a real butcher for 4 years. Those North (anti-slavery and called "Yankees") triumphed at the cost of very heavy toll on both sides: many men died because of shells, literally shredded, but at the end of the battles bayonet were horrors. (I think, especially as, in the 1914-1918 war where fighting between German and French trenches were true massacres): human barbarity is frequently terrifying and too present for centuries. S. Brussolo had to make an effort to fairly substantial historical research. The "experience" committed by the US military during the Cold War were also tragic proven facts: by reading some passages, we imagine how many men, women and children found themselves take life to test behavior Confined (bunkers) for many months. The merit is great for S. Brussolo have mixed historical fact and fiction respecting the memory of many deaths raised! The poor "Mikie" Katz, designer of the "Agency 13", will have to start its work in hellish conditions. The billionaire, sponsor of the work requested, maintains on its vast "ownership" mini war with real bullets that makes men, women and children live in utter terror because of the suicidal paranoia of someone very rich and who believe in the above the law! A true literary success, due to the talent of this writer that I did not know at all !! RickN.