Stations of the Tide

Summary

On the planet Miranda, where a great tide is about to drown the lowlands for centuries, a government bureaucrat hunts a charismatic magician named Gregorian who may have stolen forbidden technology. The unnamed agent navigates a world steeped in shamanism, illusion, and shifting identity as the rising waters force a planetary transformation. Swanwick fuses hard science fiction with the texture of magic and myth in a dense, atmospheric narrative.