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Vivid and elliptical… If you ve ever asked yourself what would have happened if Philip Marlowe had been Odysseus… here is a clue to the answer. -New Worlds THE HUGO AWARD-WINNING FIRST NOVEL EVER WRITTEN BY THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE CHRONICLES OF AMBER! Conrad Nomikos has a long, rich personal history that he d rather not talk about. And, as Arts Commissioner, he s been given a job he d rather not do. Escorting an alien grandee on a guided tour of the shattered remains of Earth is not something he relishes-especially when it is apparent that this places him at the center of high-level intrigue that has some bearing on the future of Earth itself! Roger Zelazny [was] the compleat New Wave author, so daring he could pen nothing without perturbing some creaky icon… so strong a writer, so moving in the sweep of his plots and imagery. -David Brin