An Alien Heat

The Last Story in the Annals of The Human RaceA world of the remote future. the society is very rich, very decadent, and the population is small. The story centers on the schemes and conflicts of a group of bizarre men and women - The Duke of Queens, Lord Jagged of Canaria, the bitter giant Mongrove, My Lady Charlotina of Below-the-Lake, Mistress Christia (the everlasting concubine) and the Iron Orchid, mother of the central character, Jherek Carnelian.When Jherek meets Mrs Amelia Underwood, a lady time-traveler from 1896, he determines to possess her and finds himself being plunged backwards in time to Victorian London...An Alien Heat is set in a world of crazy, jeweled cities with ripe rotting technologies. It is an example of the mighty imagination of Michael Moorcock at its most magnificent.