A stray cat in gothic Edinburgh investigates the mysterious goings-on of the grave robbing body snatchers. He becomes alarmed when the criminals employ a new means of getting fresh corpses--a means that threatens a refugee from the French Revolution who is one of Tam's greatest friends.
Elizabeth Ann Scarborough was born March 23, 1947, and lives in the Puget Sound area of Washington. Elizabeth won a Nebula Award in 1989 for her novel The Healer's War, and has written more than a dozen other novels. She has collaborated with Anne McCaffrey, best-known for creating the Dragonriders of Pern, to produce the Petaybee Series and the Acorna Series.