It is a nameless city somewhere between past and future, a mythic realm at the "heart of the world," where wicked Rat Lords have reduced all humankind to slaves, and god-daemons make the decision to end all existence. This energizes a compelling quest for survival, and prompts the powerful White Crow to order an uprising against this chaotic strike that threatens them all. Among those who respond to her are the defiant Prince Lucas of Candover, a student at the University of Crime, and no man's slave; and Zara, the young Katayan woman who is destined to become the living Memory of all that follows. And others rally to join them in one final desperate revolt, hoping to create a magic powerful enough to reshape the very nature of how they live.

In 17th-century London two powerful magicians—the White Crow and her husband the Lord-Architect Casaubon—are embroiled in a deadly game of politics and magic. Only drawing upon long-forsaken talent will save them from "justice". A critically acclaimed work comparable to that of Ursula LeGuin and Frank Herbert.

SF novel (alternate history of London) with The White Crow and Causaubon, characters from Rats & Gargoyles and The Architecture of Desire. Contents: \* Left To His Own Devices \* Black Motley \* What God Abandoned \* The Road To Jerusalem