On a blog devoted to fantasy and SF, I look at every day, I saw a first notice appear excellent at the outlet of the pocket edition. Then a second opinion and ignited a discussion about whether it would classify this book in the SF or fantasy. Then a third article also complimentary, I procured me also this novel, and I must say that this story transported me to another world, makes the daily fight against the wind, which everyone sought source through the ages .....; Good advice does not lose the small piece of cardboard included in the pocket edition because it will let you know which is involved in every moment of history. There are 23 players and it takes a little time to adapt to navigate .... A slap, a slap, a great moment of reading that made me enjoy a great evening and a great sadness in the end because it was necessary that the story ends, alas. There is in this book, at times, a very different writing everything you have read in substance and in form, the use of some words difficult to understand, phrases to the unusual twist of time time and there is something else after finishing this adventure: One wonders who could write this masterpiece, and I searched all interviews on the net of Alain Damasio, 60 pages in all, 60 pages of happiness that identify the creation of the book, the unusual personality of the author, his determination to create a coherent story, why the name Golgoth; what were his research in grammatical and stylistic material ..... I just ordered a new copy of the horde, the version connected with a cd because I like having the bound when I'm sure you want to read a book a few months or years later. There are good years reading some excellent books or appear .... and fewer years in which we discover a masterpiece. For me, 2009 is the year where I discovered such a masterpiece: "THE HORDE OF Contrevent"