▁a ▁French ▁science ▁fiction ▁writer , ▁active ▁since ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 0 s . ▁ ▁He ▁is ▁chief ly ▁recognized ▁for ▁having ▁written ▁the ▁tr il ogy ▁Les ▁Four mis , ▁the ▁only ▁one ▁of ▁his ▁nov els ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁published ▁in ▁English . ▁ ▁This ▁series ▁we aves ▁together ▁philosophy , ▁spiritual ity , ▁science ▁fiction , ▁thr iller , ▁science , ▁myth ology ▁and ▁conscious ness . ▁ ▁Writing ▁style ▁ ▁Wer ber ' s ▁writing ▁style ▁mix es ▁literary ▁gen res , ▁including ▁s aga , ▁science ▁fiction ▁and ▁philosoph ical ▁ideas . ▁ ▁Most ▁of ▁his ▁nov els ▁have ▁the ▁same ▁format , ▁altern ating ▁between ▁pro se ▁and ▁en cyc lop edic ▁pass ages ▁that ▁expand ▁upon ▁the ▁ideas ▁in ▁the ▁former . ▁ ▁Many ▁of ▁Wer ber ' s ▁nov els ▁are ▁also ▁connected ▁by ▁common ▁characters , ▁story ▁threads ▁and ▁them es . ▁For ▁example , ▁the ▁character ▁Ed mond ▁Well s ▁appears ▁both ▁in ▁the ▁tr il ogy ▁Les ▁Four mis ▁( The ▁An ts ), ▁the ▁novel ▁L ' Emp ire ▁des ▁ang es ▁( The ▁Empire ▁of ▁the ▁Ang els ), ▁and ▁the ▁novel ▁N ous ▁Les ▁Die ux ▁( We ▁are ▁God s ). ▁ ▁Liter ary ▁them es ▁Wer ber ' s ▁books ▁anth rop omorph ize ▁animals ▁including ▁dol ph ins , ▁r ats ▁and ▁an ts . ▁ ▁He ▁also ▁uses ▁characters ▁symbol ically ▁to ▁reflect ▁" the ▁stage ▁of ▁the ▁evolution ▁of ▁the ▁soul ".