New York: Pantheon, (2000.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's fourth novel, set in Washington DC in 1877, in the turbulent Reconstruction years - a novel which blends facts and fiction in this story of Hugh Allison and Cynthia May - and one which combines elements ranging from history to astronomy to love and politics into a seamless and coherent whole. 303 pp. ISBN: 0-375400257.