The wind always blows in one direction along the entire continent, from the Upper Reaches to the Lower Reaches. It can be gentle, more often strong, sometimes terrifying, but it always blows in one direction. The wind gives life to this world, the wind brings death to this world. What is it where he is born? For centuries, horde expeditions have been going on foot one after another in search of answers - because not a single sandy sailing chariot can pass against this wind. Who hasn't heard of the famous Hordes? And each one is even more stubborn, even more tenacious than the previous ones; Even if not a single one has yet managed to find Verkhovy, but one day, one day... They set out on the road as teenagers and have already left two decades and thousands of kilometers of off-road behind them. Among them are a geologist, a botanist, a troubadour, a blacksmith, a doctor, hunters... everyone who is needed in the detachment to provide themselves with food, weapons and household items on a hike, a total of two and a half dozen people. They survive hurricanes that level entire villages. They are the 34th “Horde du Contrevent”, the Horde Going Against the Wind, the salt of this land and its legend. Will their strength, although far from small, be enough to break through the icy storms of the Norsca Gorge to the Source of the Winds? What lies behind them?? And you still need to be able to get there alive - the world of winds is dangerous and does not forgive mistakes...

The best French science fiction novel of the 21st century, which immediately brought the author to the forefront of modern French writers. More precisely, an introductory fragment of the novel, designed to attract the reader’s attention to this extraordinary work and ignite his curiosity - while awaiting the full official translation.