In the not-too-distant future, in a London wracked by war, famine, economic collapse, and chaos, two warring families--the Volsons and the Conors--vie for control, until a proposed agreement to cement an alliance with the marriage of young Signy Volson to the rival Conor, but new treachery soon threatens to unleash a bloodbath on the city. Reprint.
Originally published: New York: Mysterious Press, 1993.
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