A Mixture of Metals

Born in Society after the War of Restitution, Simora undertakes a voyage of investigation into the faceless forces that control him - to the Southland, to a love affair with 'barbarian' Mary, and to the Colony gulag. Finally, in the Settlement of the Guardians, he discovers why his mother disappeared. But will he ever be re-united with Mary? And other questions remain unanswered as well . . .