Paul Witcover es el autor de Waking Beauty y un escritor aclamado cuya obra ha sido presentada en HBO. Su escritura profundiza en las complejidades de las relaciones humanas y los temas existenciales. A través de sus cuentos y cómics, explora nociones de identidad, memoria y la búsqueda de significado en el mundo contemporáneo. El estilo distintivo de Witcover combina prosa lírica con una aguda perspicacia psicológica.
That weapon is a clock - a watch, to be precise, of a size to fit comfortably in a man's hand...a watch with a taste for blood - a mechanism that contains the doom of all that lives. But with the help of Lord Wichcote - an aristocrat of many talents and more disguises - Quare succeeded in seizing the watch.
England is embroiled in a globe-spanning conflict that stretches from her North American colonies to Europe and beyond. Across the Channel, the French prepare for an invasion - an invasion rumored to be led by none other than Bonnie Prince Charlie. It seems the map of Europe is about to be redrawn.