In the near future, governments no longer exist. Banks have openly taken power and have consolidated into seven entities with strong identities. To simplify trade, borders and countries have been dissolved. The world is divided into Zones where a single language has been decreed. This event is called the Great Unification.After several years of service, Paul is relocated to a Zone inferior to his own. Forced to impose a new lifestyle on his family, he struggles to keep up appearances.Driven by curiosity, he sets out to find one of his former colleagues who has disappeared. However, during his search and adventures, Paul uncovers the hidden side of this new world and quickly becomes the grain of sand that must be eliminated from a well-oiled machine."Anticipatory fiction in the tradition of 1984 or Brave New World."