A visionary thriller of future espionage, murder, parallel realities
and terrible secrets The Guardian said had "seemingly effortless
literary flair."
For an intelligence officer like Jim, today's world is a nightmare.
The Xian Flu pandemic and ongoing economic crises have fractured the
European Union and new nations are springing up everywhere, some
literally overnight. Every week or so a friendly power spawns, or a new
and unknown national entity which may not be friendly to England's
interests; it's hard to keep on top of it all. And things are about to
get worse for Jim.
A stabbing on a London bus pitches him into a world where his
intelligence service is preparing for war with another universe, and a
man has come who may hold the key to unlocking the mystery.