A World Denied — Joanna O'Neill

"Stand on the island of glass and look towards the great circle." When the heating in her flat breaks down, Rebecca pays a visit to her friend in Oxford - good company, a change of scene and warmth; what could be better? But by Sunday the university boathouse has burned down, there are reports of a strange animal loose on the streets, and three old Oxford professors are showing far too much interest in her. What is being built amid the ashes on the river bank? Who is the mysterious tramp in outlandish clothes? And what is the significance of the Quen of Clubs? A World Denied continues the story begun in A World Invisible.