Dancing With Bears follows the adventures of notorious con-men Darger
and Surplus: They''ve lied and cheated their way onto the caravan that
is delivering a priceless gift from the Caliph of Baghdad to the Duke of
Muscovy. The only thing harder than the journey to Muscovy is their
arrival in Muscovy. An audience with the Duke seems impossible to
obtain, and Darger and Surplus quickly become entangled in a morass of
deceit and revolution. The only thing more dangerous than the convoluted
political web surrounding Darger and Surplus is the gift itself, the
Pearls of Byzantium, and Zoesophia, the governess sworn to protect their
virtue.