Book description
For decades, Britain's warlocks have been all that stands between the
British Empire and the Soviet Union - a vast domain stretching from the
Pacific Ocean to the shores of the English Channel. Now each wizard's
death is another blow to Britain's national security.
Meanwhile, a brother and sister - the subjects of a twisted Nazi
experiment to imbue ordinary people with superhuman abilities - escape
from a top-secret facility deep behind the Iron Curtain. They head for
England, because that's where former spy Raybould Marsh lives. And
Gretel, the mad seer, has plans for him.
As Marsh is once again drawn into the world of Milkweed, he discovers
that Britain's darkest acts didn't end with the war. And while he
strives to protect queen and country, he is forced to confront his own
willingness to accept victory at any cost. Ian Tregillis is the son of
a bearded mountebank and a discredited tarot card reader. He was born
and raised in Minnesota, where his parents had landed after fleeing the
wrath of a Flemish prince. (The full story, he's told, involves a Dutch
tramp steamer and a stolen horse.) Nowadays he lives in New Mexico,
where he consorts with writers, scientists and other unsavoury types.
