The Stress of Her Regard

Lake Geneva, 1816



As Byron and Shelley row on the peaceful waters of Lake Geneva, a sudden squall threatens to capsize them. But this is no natural event - something has risen from the lake itself to attack them.



Kent, 1816



Michael Crawford's wife is brutally murdered on their wedding night as he sleeps peacefully beside her - and a vengeful ghost claims Crawford as her own husband.





Crawford's quest to escape his supernatural wife will force him to travel the Continent in the company of the most creative, most doomed poets of his age. Byron, Keats and Shelley all have a part to play in his fate, and the fate of Europe.



Tim Powers is the author of several acclaimed works of speculative fiction. His books have won both the World Fantasy and the Philip K. Dick Memorial Awards, twice. He has received the Locus Award three times. He lives in San Bernardino, California



Tim Powers has long been one of my absolutely favourite writers, those whose new books I snatch up as soon as they appear... Narrative sparkle, great dialogue, speculative imagination, and emotional power.



Philip K. Dick felt that one day Tim Powers would be one of our greatest fantasy writers. Phil was right.



Historical fact, dazzling flights of imagination, and wonderful suspense.



Tim Powers is the apostle of gonzo history... [He] promises marvels and horrors, and delivers them all.



Powers' novels are big in every sense: vast in scope, philosophically deep, impeccably wrought.



One of the most original and innovative writers of fantasy currently working.



An uncommon literary talent. If heavenly muses were to put Dean Koontz, John Le Carré and Robert Parker into a creative blender, then moulded the mix into a brand new writer, the result would be something akin to Tim Powers.