You've got it.  These two novels that make an ensemble deal with a lot more than the techno science described on the back covers. They deal with otherness, knowledge, time, ecology, etc. Quite simply they deal with life. In order to succeed in making us feel part of the adventure of her space opera, Sylvie Denis includes complex female characters and children in her cast list...

We hope that readers will give them the welcome they deserve.... a great achievement.

 Noé Gaillard, Murmures

We may see this as a novel, but it's more exactly a game of chess that we take part in through the book. None of the characters is really endearing. Neither of those that we come across again, like Gabriel Burke as he wakes up at last, freed from his robot town,  or Aleshka, released from prison, albeit an almost voluntary incarceration. A couple of nice characters however. Té-Nout Gaskat, a respectable Ninhsi teacher... but who could remain indifferent to these lovable lemurs that evolution hasn't really ruined? Pierre-Oh, grandson of Malavel, in his teenage rebellious phase.

For the main theme isn't all these people but instead the relationships between humanity, science, their development and possible lapses... or when men have almost become gods and that these gods are really only human.

This is in the great tradition of science fiction, therefore, where the entertainment factor is less important than making the reader reflect, considering our own technological progress, on what is without doubt a luxury.

Hélène, Les Vagabonds des rêves

And of course as well as all that, she writes very well, in the classic style and construction of the novel. She really knows how to portray a cultural and historical background and her characters are described to reveal their complexity. In fact it’s so cleverly done that you let yourself get so drawn into this fascinating story with people you immediately get attached to, that you’re liable to forget all the implicit ethical reasoning, which would be a pity.

In conclusion, a really promising author, and one not to be overlooked, exactly like this story whose second volume we’re longing to read!

Mureliane