‘Inventive’ THE TIMES
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Termination Shock and Cryptonomicon, the first installment in a monumental new trilogy—an expansive historical epic of intrigue and international espionage, presaging the dawn of the Atomic Age.
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of TERMINATION SHOCK, the first installment in a monumental new trilogy: an expansive historical epic of intrigue and international espionage, presaging the dawn of the Atomic Age.
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of TERMINATION SHOCK, the first installment in a monumental new trilogy: an expansive historical epic of intrigue and international espionage, presaging the dawn of the Atomic Age.
‘Inventive’ THE TIMES
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Termination Shock and Cryptonomicon, the first installment in a monumental new trilogy—an expansive historical epic of intrigue and international espionage, presaging the dawn of the Atomic Age.
Delicious’ JOJO MOYES
‘Super-sharp, lethally witty’ NIGELLA LAWSON
‘Wonderfully wicked’RED
‘Very funny… I inhaled it’ JOE LYCETT
‘Taut, pacy, seamless… a huge pleasure to read’ MARIAN KEYES
‘Spellbinding’ ELIF SHAFAK
‘Ingenious’ THE TIMES, Book of the Year
‘Sparkling’OBSERVER
‘A triumph’ PHILIP PULLMAN
‘As finely wrought as a dazzling Murano bead’ INDEPENDENT
‘Meticulously researched and evoking the beauty of the Venice lagoon’ PHILIPPA GREGORY
‘A spectacular feat, crafted by a maestra at the top of her game’ SPECTATOR
Delicious’ JOJO MOYES
‘Super-sharp, lethally witty’ NIGELLA LAWSON
‘Wonderfully wicked’RED
‘Very funny… I inhaled it’ JOE LYCETT
‘Taut, pacy, seamless… a huge pleasure to read’ MARIAN KEYES
‘The best kind of book: the one you didn’t know you were craving until it appeared … self-interrogative, intricately perceptive. I absolutely inhaled it’ JIA TOLENTINO
‘A very richly interesting exploration of a complex subject. Begoña Gómez Urzaiz tells the stories with such intelligence and wit and generosity’ TESSA HADLEY
‘The best kind of book: the one you didn’t know you were craving until it appeared . . . self-interrogative, intricately perceptive. I absolutely inhaled it’ JIA TOLENTINO
‘A very richly interesting exploration of a complex subject. Begoña Gómez Urzaiz tells the stories with such intelligence and wit and generosity’ TESSA HADLEY
‘The best kind of book: the one you didn’t know you were craving until it appeared . . . self-interrogative, intricately perceptive. I absolutely inhaled it’ JIA TOLENTINO
‘A very richly interesting exploration of a complex subject. Begoña Gómez Urzaiz tells the stories with such intelligence and wit and generosity’ TESSA HADLEY
‘The best kind of book: the one you didn’t know you were craving until it appeared . . . self-interrogative, intricately perceptive. I absolutely inhaled it’ JIA TOLENTINO
‘A very richly interesting exploration of a complex subject. Begoña Gómez Urzaiz tells the stories with such intelligence and wit and generosity’ TESSA HADLEY
‘The best kind of book: the one you didn’t know you were craving until it appeared . . . self-interrogative, intricately perceptive. I absolutely inhaled it’ JIA TOLENTINO
‘A very richly interesting exploration of a complex subject. Begoña Gómez Urzaiz tells the stories with such intelligence and wit and generosity’ TESSA HADLEY
WINNER OF THE 2024 GOLDEN POPPY OCTAVIA E. BUTLER AWARD
‘A brilliant and luminous writer’ Madeline Miller, author of The Song of Achilles and Circe
‘Riveting, sublime, magical, and wildly subversive’ Cristina García, author of Dreaming in Cuban
‘A natural storyteller’ Washington Post
‘A brilliant and luminous writer’ MADELINE MILLER, author of THE SONG OF ACHILLES and CIRCE
‘A brilliant and luminous writer’ MADELINE MILLER, author of THE SONG OF ACHILLES and CIRCE
‘Remarkable’OBSERVER
‘Deeply profound… this is no ordinary memoir’ THE TIMES
‘Astounding’ ADAM FARRER
‘Brave and luminous’ SARAH LANGFORD
‘Mesmerising’ POLLY ATKIN
‘Beautifully written’ YORKSHIRE POST
‘Steadfastly honest’ GEOGRAPHICAL
