This is the first volume of a trilogy entitled Chroniques de la Longue Séparation [Chronicles of the Long Separation], in which a group of characters from the lost human colony of Mara, which had reverted to feudalism, rediscovered their origins and then embarked on a quest through space to find Earth.
His espionage fiction includes two series of note: Luc Ferran (16 novels), written under the pseudonym of "Gil Darcy" for the publisher L'Arabesque between 1963 and 1969; and Le Commander for Fleuve Noir's magazine Espionnage, with about thirty novels written between 1967 and 1980.
Arnaud's best known work is La Compagnie des glaces ("The Ice Company"), a post-apocalyptic science fiction novel series set in a new ice age where railway companies rule the world.
La Compagnie des glaces was adapted during 2007 into a Canadian television series entitled Grand Star, and inspired the Japanese anime and manga series Overman King Gainer,[1] which was distributed for 26 episodes from 2002 to 2003.
The series also served as the basis for the computer game Transarctica (North American title: Arctic Baron).