From to to to , any book by the inimitable Tim Powers is a wonder. With its possible that the uniquely ingenious Powers has surpassed even himself. A breathtaking historical thriller in which art and the supernatural collide, transports readers back to mid-19th century London and features a reformed ex-prostitute, a veterinarian, and the vampire ghost of Lord Byrons onetime physician, uncle to poet Christina Rossetti and her brother, the painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti. A novel that, like all his others, is virtually impossible to pidgeonholeor to resist is the taut, gripping, and utterly remarkable literary thrill ride that Tim Powers fans have been eagerly waiting for.