<p>Winner of the Fantastica Science Fiction Prize</p><p>It&rsquo;s 2070, and the post-Collapse world is staggering toward another, perhaps final, destruction.&nbsp;Blanco, is a reluctant member of Mister Splinter&rsquo;s Magnifico Cirque de Curiosities&nbsp;Travelling through dangerous lands, this heavily-armed band of freaks and circus performers survive by conning and killing, robbing and running &ndash; and putting on a show.&nbsp;</p><p>But simple survival is not their real purpose.&nbsp;Their leader, seen only by his &lsquo;doctors&rsquo;, enforces brutal rule, and none are more harshly treated than Blanco, who becomes aware the circus is much more than it seems. &nbsp;</p><p>Worse, something is growing inside him, something that is changing and killing him.&nbsp;From the ruins of London, across Europe and Asia Minor to the remote Tien Shan mountains, Blanco and the circus fight toward a final showdown, for Blanco&rsquo;s last chance of survival - and perhaps even for the entire human species.&nbsp;</p><p>A page-turning spec-fic thriller and wild ride through the near future.</p>