A departure for the bestselling thriller writer, this historical epic-a twelfth-century tale of the building of a mighty Gothic cathedral-stunned readers and critics alike with its ambitious scope and gripping humanity

Caitlín R. Kiernan's short fiction has appeared in several anthologies, including Poppy Z. Brite's Love in Vein II, Ellen Datlow's Wild Justice, and Neil Gaiman's Sandman: Book of Dreams. She was the central writer for DC Comics' The Dreaming series. Her first novel, Silk, won the International Horror Guild Award for Best First Novel, and was a finalist for the Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel.