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In eighteenth-century London, orphan Cirrus Flux inherits a sphere containing the Breath of God. His instincts for self-preservation kick in when mysterious strangers come calling. Help from an unlikely pair sees him through the plot's entanglements (the presence of so many dangling threads may portend a sequel). Skelton's storytelling--plot, characters, setting--is executed at a high level, and the prose is accomplished.
Reviewer: Jonathan Hunt
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
May, 2010