Michael Swanwick - Dancing With Bears (Darger & Surplus #1, epub)[j_ray]

Dancing With Bears follows the adventures of notorious con-men Darger
and Surplus: They've lied and cheated their way onto the caravan that is
delivering a priceless gift from the Caliph of Baghdad to the Duke of
Muscovy. The only thing harder than the journey to Muscovy is their
arrival in Muscovy. An audience with the Duke seems impossible to
obtain, and Darger and Surplus quickly become entangled in a morass of
deceit and revolution. The only thing more dangerous than the convoluted
political web surrounding Darger and Surplus is the gift itself, the
Pearls of Byzantium, and Zoësophia, the governess sworn to protect their
virtue.

Title: Dancing With Bears
Series: Darger & Surplus, Book 1
Author: Michael Swanwick
Published: May 1, 2011, by Night Shade Books
Language: English
Genre: Science Fiction
ISBN-10: 1597802352
ISBN-13: 978-1597802352
Length: 300 pages