For me this was a re-read of the story after several decades. Story of the amnesiac found on the shore by an elderly couple sounds very much like beginning of Jason Bourne story.

But this is where all similarities end because XIII is involved in something much nastier than even Bourne. And this shows in way that XIII is pretty much on the run from everyone (government official and unofficial services, corrupt cops, unknown killers and mercenaries) from the day he tried to find out more about himself.

XIII's life story is never truly revealed (no flash-backs, nothing; we only follow the information as revealed by other people he encounters along the way), and while he tries to find more about himself he accidentally kicks the hornet's nest and causes all sorts of fallout and people start getting murdered just by being associated with him.

Great start for the series.

Highly recommended for all thriller fans. ( )

Premier tome d'une série assez sympathique, relu à l'occasion de la publication promotionnelle sur Kindle pour attirer l'attention sur sa disponibilité sous forme numérique, le traitement technique de la chose était malheureusement assez abominable. ( )