In Viriconium

FANTASY-VIRICONIUM HAS FALLEN UNDER A SPELL,A PARALYSIS OF WILL,SYMBOLISED BY THE MYSTERIOUS AND DEBILITATING PLAGUE WHICH IS GRADUALLY ENVELOPING IT.IT'S GODS SPEND THEIR TIME ROLLING DRUNKENLY IN GUTTERS AND FALLING IN CANALS;IT'S POLICE,MARSHALLED BY THE MERCURIAL AND SINSITER DWARF THE GRAND CAIRO,OPERATE AN INEFFECTIVE QUARANTINE.ASHLYME SETS OUT TO RESCUE HIS FELLOW ARTIST THE FRAIL,CONSUMPTIVE,DYING AUDSLEY KING IN A DESPERATE MISCONCEIVED ADVENTURE,WHICH DRAWS HIM INTO AN UNWILLING ALLIANCE WITH THE GRAND CAIRO.THIS ENTERPRISE GOES BIZARRLY WRONG,BUT OUT OF THE SHAMBLES COMES THE KEY TO LIFTING THE PLAGUE.


Genre: Science Fiction