We are made of the stuff of which are woven winds.

Breathtaking !! And ... very unsettling, at least at first.
For Damasio with style. A style that he knows when to change myself to have tamed.
I know strongly advise you this book and I almost want to tell you nothing so it is fascinating to advance page by page, against the wind.
Damasio makes a real feat by making us share the adventure of the 23 characters that make up the Horde (only that). A feat because it manages to all present to send them to discover all without ever burdening the narrative. To do this, it uses 23 symbols, each representing one of the characters. When we see a front of a paragraph, then know that we from the point of view of Hordier concerned, we are in his head, we see the other through his eyes.
So ... read this book !! that is all I can advise you.
I buy the course "The area outside" the first novel by Alain Damasio.