Scholars, shopkeepers, collectors… aficionados. Obtainers of rare antiquities; relic hunters who can’t resist a lead, even when it takes them into terrible danger. There’s always an opportunity to be found amid the confusion, in the wake of the terrible Kinslayer War. There’s always a deal to be done, a tomb to open, a precious thing to… obtain.
From encounters with the monstrous Vathesk to exploring new worlds; from wielding great power to do great good, to unearthing dark things best left lost. If you need the experts, if you can find your way to their Cherivell shop, maybe you can hire Doctors Catt and Fisher.
Justina Robson sold her first novel in 1999 which also won the 2000 amazon.co.uk Writers’ Bursary Award, and since then her books have been shortlisted for most major genre awards. She’s been a student and teacher at The Arvon Foundation and Clarion West, and is also the proud author of “The Covenant of Primus” – the Hasbro-authorised history and ‘bible’ of The Transformers. Her novels and stories range widely over SF and Fantasy, often combining the two and often featuring AIs and machines who aren’t exactly what they seem.