First published in Great Britain in 2010 by Gollancz The Orion Publishing Group Ltd Orion House 5 Upper St Martin's Lane London, WC2H 9EA An Hachette UK Company This eBook first published in 2010 by Collancz. A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 978 0 575 08890 0 This eBook produced by Jouve, France All characters and events in this publication are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.