Now in paperback, the eighth book of the bestselling Rivers of London
series returns to the adventures of Peter Grant, detective and
apprentice wizard, as he solves magical crimes in the city of London.
Peter Grant is facing fatherhood, and an uncertain future, with equal
amounts of panic and enthusiasm. Rather than sit around, he takes a job
with émigré Silicon Valley tech genius Terrence Skinner's brand new
London start up--the Serious Cybernetics Company.
Drawn into the orbit of Old Street's famous 'silicon roundabout', Peter
must learn how to blend in with people who are both civilians and
geekier than he is. Compared to his last job, Peter thinks it should be
a doddle. But magic is not finished with Mama Grant's favourite son.
Because Terrence Skinner has a secret hidden in the bowels of the SCC. A
technology that stretches back to Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage, and
forward to the future of artificial intelligence. A secret that is just
as magical as it technological--and just as dangerous.