A Fractured European countries. A Parallel Globe. A Global Risk. Union has come. The Community has become the largest nation in Europe; trains run there from as significantly afield as London and Prague. It is a time of unprecedented peacefulness and prosperity. So what is the reason for an enormous terrorist outrage? Why do the city and Europe meet up with in magic formula, exchanging hostages? And who are Les Coureurs des Bois? Plus a motley team of strays and mafiosi and sleeper providers, Rudi models out to solution these questions – about Europe in Winter only to discover that the truth lies both closer to home and farther aside than anyone may imagine. Author bio: Dave Hutchinson was born in Sheffield in 1960. After reading American Research at the University or college of Nottingham, he became a journalist. He’s the writer of five series of short stories and two novels, and his novella The Push was shortlisted for the 2010 BSFA award for short fiction. He has also edited two anthologies and co-edited another. His short story ‘The Amazing Exploding Man’ presented in the 1st Solaris Increasing anthology, and was selected for the Year’s Best Technology Fiction collection. He lives in north London with his wife and several cats.