by Elizabeth Bear
Rating: 4* of five The Book Description: For centuries, the White City has graced the banks of the Moskva River. But in the early years of a twentieth century not quite analogous to our own, a creature even more ancient than Moscow’s fortress heart has entered its medieval walls.In the wake of polit...
This book is two stories intertwined - one takes place before the events of New Amsterdam and the other just after. It's a murder mystery touching on the pre-revolutionary art world of an alternate history Moscow. Sadly, Sebastian does not take a knitting break.