A superb murder mystery, on an epic scale, set against the fall out - literally - of a war in heaven.
A superb murder mystery, on an epic scale, set against the fall out - literally - of a war in heaven.

Aliette de Bodard is a half-French, half-Vietnamese writer of fantasy and science fiction. She is a finalist for the 2009 Campbell Award for Best New Writer, and a 2006 Writers of the Future winner. Her short fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in a number of venues, such as Interzone, Realms of Fantasy and The Year’s Best Science Fiction. Her Aztec fantasy novel Servant of the Underworld is out now from Angry Robot.