Snow shrouds Venice in cold darkness, ice fills the canals, and a thousand ghosts pluck at the shadow\'s edge.
They divide their time between London and Winchester..
He is married to the journalist and novelist Sam Baker, currently editor-in-chief of Red.
Clarke Award, and shortlisted for the British Fantasy Award, the August Derleth Award (UK), John W Campbell Memorial Award (US), among other awards.
He has been shortlisted twice for the Arthur C.
JCG\'s novels Felaheen and End of the World Blues, won the BSFA Award for Best Novel.
For five years he wrote a monthly review column for The Guardian.
Apart from writing novels he works for magazines and newspapers.
He grew up in the Far East, Britain and Scandinavia.
About the Author: Jon Courtenay Grimwood was born in Malta and christened in the upturned bell of a ship.
The Exiled Blade is the climatic finale to Tycho\'s story.
As Venice teeters on the brink of civil war, its warring families prepare to discover who is a player and who a pawn in the coming struggle for power.
For Giulietta\'s sake he would go to the world\'s end to track down those responsible.
A violent attack on Lady Giulietta\'s son forces Tycho from his new-found happiness and back into the treacherous intrigue of the court.
Snow shrouds Venice in cold darkness, ice fills the canals, and a thousand ghosts pluck at the shadow\'s edge