Paul Witcover je autorom románu Waking Beauty a oceneným autorom, ktorého diela sa objavili aj na HBO. Jeho písanie sa vyznačuje hlbokým ponorom do zložitých ľudských vzťahov a existenciálnych tém. Prostredníctvom svojich poviedok a komiksov skúma témy identity, pamäte a hľadania zmyslu v modernom svete. Witcoverov jedinečný štýl kombinuje poetickú prózu s prenikavým vhľadom do psychológie postáv.
That weapon is a clock - a watch, to be precise, of a size to fit comfortably in a man's hand...a watch with a taste for blood - a mechanism that contains the doom of all that lives. But with the help of Lord Wichcote - an aristocrat of many talents and more disguises - Quare succeeded in seizing the watch.
England is embroiled in a globe-spanning conflict that stretches from her North American colonies to Europe and beyond. Across the Channel, the French prepare for an invasion - an invasion rumored to be led by none other than Bonnie Prince Charlie. It seems the map of Europe is about to be redrawn.