Left to His Own Devices
When the ebullient genius Baltazar Casaubon, with his affable wit and charm and his woeful eating habits, suddenly heaves back into her life, Valentine Branwen knows that it doesn't bode well. But it's only when he reveals that he has fled from the US Defense Department with a program that can transfer a person's memory to a computer via direct neural input that she realizes just how much trouble's he's in.
This volume also contains the short stories 'Black Motley', 'What God Abandoned' and 'The Road To Jerusalem'.
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Mary Gentle
Mary Gentle is one of the world's most acclaimed writers of fantasy and science fiction; ASH, the largest single fantasy work ever – longer even than THE LORD OF THE RINGS – combines the authentic details of Bernard Cornwell and the magical storytelling of Terry Goodkind.
Mary has a number of academic degrees, including an MA in War Studies, and has hands-on experience of sword-fighting and armour, amongst many other useful talents.
She lives in Stevenage, Hertfordshire.
White Crow
White Crow consists of three primary books, and includes one additional book that complement the series but is not considered mandatory reads. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
