This novel conjures up a menacing 22nd-century England fragmented by civil war. City-dwellers live under massive surveillance, and in fear of mindchecks and committals from the Keepers, the ruthless ruling clan who impose their own brand of peace at the expense of knowledge and freedom.
- ISBN10 1860493564
- ISBN13 9781860493560
- Publish Date 7 August 1997
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 31 December 2009
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
- Imprint Virago Press Ltd
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 416
- Language English