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Lord Chamberlain John spends his days counseling Emperor Justinian while passing the tiny hours of night in conversation with the solemn-eyed little girl depicted in a mosaic on his study wall. He never expected to meet her in a public square or afterwards find her red-dyed corpse in a subterranean cistern. Had the mysterious woman truly been the model for the mosaic years before as she claimed? Why had she sought John out? Who wanted her dead - and why? The answers seem to be to lie on the list of denizens of the smoky streets of the quarter of Constantinople known as the Copper Market, where artisans, beggars, prostitutes, pillar saints, and exiled aristocrats struggle to survive within sight of the fantastic Palace. In his investigations, John encounters a faded actress, a patriotic sausage maker, a sundial maker who fears sunlight, a religious visionary, a guy who lives in a treasure trove, and a beggar who owes his life to a cartload of melons. Before long he suspects he is wanting to unravel not just a murder but a plot against the empire. Will there be any such thing as truth in a location where people live on memories, dreams, and illusions? If so, can John push aside the shadows?
