Circus Andrew Pepper but they're wound drum-tight -

but they're wound drum-tight - as

or why he is prepared to risk his life

Vaelin must travel deep into the icebound north

which until now has allowed her to study from home

The Opposite Bastard is a dark comedy of manners

Circus Andrew Pepper but they're wound drum-tight -Bruno Wildermann of the Wrinfield Circus is the worlds greatest trapeze artist, a clairvoyant with near supernatural powers and an implacable enemy of the East European regime that arrested his family and murdered his wife. The CIA needs such a man, and recruits Bruno for an impossible raid on the impreganble Lubylan fortress, where his family is held. Under cover of a circus tour, Bruno prepares to return to his homeland. But before the journey even