ISBN 0-441-57457-2 (US pbk)

"Sparrow's my name. Trader. Deal-maker. Hustler, some might call me. I work the Night Fair circuit, buying and selling pre-nuke videos from the old Earth. I know how to get a high price, especially on Big Bang collectibles. But the hottest ticket of all is information on the Horsemen -- the mind-control weapons that tilted the balance in the war between the Americas. That's the prize I'm after.

"But it seems I'm having trouble controlling my own mind.

"The Horsemen are coming." [jacket blurb, US pbk, 1991]

"It's heady and it's fast, and it takes you weird places with style and gusto and fireworks. Great stuff." --Neil Gaiman (coauthor of Good Omens ).

"Written in the first person, the narrator and main character in this novel hustles for a living in a world very short on technology. And where the sole source of energy is a corrupt business empire.

"Emma Bull has crafted a well-written tale with enough ideas and action to keep you reading." --Henry W.Targowski (in Mark/Space , 3 December 1995).