* WINNER OF THE BSFA AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL 2016 * 'A confident mix of sly satire and diffident humour' - FINANCIAL TIMES 'What Hutchinson has to say is now more imperative that ever' - REACTOR 'A strip-lit fun-house reflection of the world in which you already live' - VECTOR 'Recalls the world-weary tone of Len Deighton and John Le Carré' - STRANGE HORIZONS FRACTURED EUROPE. A PARALLEL WORLD. A GLOBAL THREAT. Union has come. The Community is now the largest nation in Europe; trains run there from as far afield as London and Prague. It is an era of unprecedented peace and prosperity. So what is the reason for a huge terrorist outrage? Why do the Community and Europe meet in secret, exchanging hostages? And who are Les Coureurs des Bois? Along with a motley crew of strays and mafiosi and sleeper agents, Rudi sets out to answer these questions - only to discover that the truth lies both closer to home and farther away than anyone could possibly imagine.