The Death of Art

written by: Simon Bucher-Jones

He did not know if his powers could save him until the horses' hooves had crushed his ribs and his heart had stopped beating. After that, it was obvious.

1880s Franse: the corrupt world of the Thirs Republic. A clandestine brotherhoos is engaged in a desperate internal power struggle; a race of beings seeks to free itself from perpetual oppression; and a rip in time threatens an entire city. The future of Europe is at stake, in a war fought with minds and bodies altered to the limits of human evolution.

Chris finds himself working undercover with a suspicious French gendarme; Roz follows a psychic artist whose talents are attracting the attention of mysterious forces; and the Doctor befriends a shape-shifting member of a terrifying family. And, at the heart of it all, a dark and disturbing injustice is being perpetrated. Only an end to the secret war, and the salvation of an entire race, can prevent Paris from being utterly destroyed.

Simon Bucher-Jones has written loads of things. Some of them are actually good, but most are only highly acclaimed.

Originally Published: September 1996

Cover design: Slatter~Anderson
Cover by Jon Sullivan

(Virgin edition 1996)
ISBN 0 426 20481 6

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