The StonebreakersArt dealer Oswald Ginn is sent a photograph of a 19th century masterpiece presumed destroyed in Dresden's bombing. As rumours of the painting's survival spread through the art world, three people are propelled on an international search. While someone sits back and watches.

And does he trust these three invaders enough to tell them

they have been snatched away by the Witch

But before Steve Jay has even reached the remote clinic

she had a shining quality to her

and packed with even more inventive Magyk

the mime-lords and mime-queens of the city's gangs are invited to a rare meeting of the Unnatural Assembly

far-reaching forces of evil at work which look to be preparing for the international stage

her brooding mentor and-- assassin in training

A sequel to The Castaways of the Flying Dutchman and The Angels Command

Guy Saville combines meticulous research with edge-of-the seat suspense to produce a superb novel of alternate history

One by one

a light aircraft ditches into the sea