Set in America in the 21st century, this is a generation-spanning saga of the fight for power and survival after a nuclear meltdown at Three Mile Island. One man must find the power to become the new ruler of a society where radiation has created human mutations and a death zone known as the Drift. Michael Swanwick has also written "Vacuum Flowers", "Ginungagap", "The Feast of Saint Janis", "Mummer Kiss" and "The Man Who Met Picasso".
- ISBN10 0441370721
- ISBN13 9780441370726
- Publish Date 1 February 1987 (first published 1 February 1985)
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc
- Imprint Ace Books
- Format Paperback (US Mass Market)
- Language English