Let's face from the outset: Stone Planking is one of the largest if not "the" greatest living French writer. Rare are his books below the lot and many are above. This trilogy of "warriors of silence" is to taste like good wine: engaging characters, captivating writing, complex history but like any self-respecting trilogy, it also asks the reader to make an effort (that is not the St. Marc Levy ...). The warmth of Curling and the characters it feels good in this superficial world, but not of nonsense like "we are all brothers" ... no! the level of thinking is always high up with different degrees and in my opinion even crescendo rises in the following two volumes. So turn off the TV and your laptop and you dive into this trilogy, one of the best of SF.