FUP is one of the most advanced research companies the world, and the jewel in its crown is operational again. The Tube: a direct link to five centuries past, opening up the rich and savage border lands for harvest. But this time, they know the risks. The Time Tube's last disastrous journey will not be forgotten. Now the 21 st-century men, the Elves, are out to get what they can by guile. They're to be seen as peacemakers, universally loved, and above suspicion...
Brokering a marriage alliance between the Sterkarms and the Grannams is intended to stop the violent raiding and unite the two clans. But the families have been at each other's throats for centuries, and the wedding-peace is dangerously fragile. Even a Kiss berween a Sterkarm and his wife can be treacherous.....
In this brilliant sequel to The Sterkarm Handshake Susan Price returns to the wild world of the Srerkarms in a nouel full of uiolence, intrigue and loue....
