* SHORTLISTED FOR THE BSFA AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL 2018 * 'Hutchinson cements his position as one of the UK's foremost writers' - GUARDIAN 'Wraps itself around earlier volumes to offer deeper answers' - STRANGE HORIZONS 'High-octane thrills, mind-twisting concepts, smart and engaging storytelling' - LOCUS 'Perfectly encapsulates the damage that fear of the other has done to Europe' - VECTOR THE PHENOMENAL CONCLUSION TO THE FRACTURED EUROPE SERIES In Tallinn, Alice - a junior Scottish diplomat - is drawn into an incomprehensible plot spanning decades. In the Aegean, young refugee Benno makes a desperate break for freedom and finds himself in a strange new life. On the canals of England, a fleet of narrow boats is gathering. Rudi, now a seasoned Coureur, finds himself drawn away from the kitchen one last time as he sets out with his ally Rupert in pursuit of a dead man.