After Le long des ruines, (Along the Ruins) Perrodeau explores the role of the supernatural in science fiction and delivers a powerful, intriguing tale of great maturity.

Crystal! Empire! These are the only words the stranger fallen from the skies seems able to speak. His vessel was cursed and crash-landed in our realm. Is he no more than what he claims to be: a scribe? Or is he actually a spy? Lapyoza cannot refuse him hospitality, but the stranger must help with the community’s sundry chores. Praise be to Hodä! So it is that Pavil, a regular citizen of the Empire, finds himself immersed in the daily life of Lapyoza, a remote village on a windswept archipelago.