**"**Gwyneth Jones is the finest British science fiction writer of her generation" - Bruce Sterling

"One of Britain's most brilliant sci-fi writers" - GUARDIAN

**"**A tour de force of faith, politics, technology, magic, humanity and England as it's never before been seen" - Amazon Reviewer

It's Dissolution Summer. The anti-globalisation movement threatens stability throughout Europe, supported by rioting youth, bitterly disaffected voters, and encroaching environmental doom. Looking for any opportunity to cling to power, a Countercultural Think Tank tries to help the UK government look cool.

For three rockers - Ax Preston, soft-spoken biracial guitar virtuoso; Sage Pender, techno-wizard-king of the indie scene; and Fiorinda Slater, baby punk-diva with a horrendous past - the world will never be the same. Will rock-and-roll's revolutionary promise finally deliver, or will violence drown hippie idealism in rivers of blood?