Angel with the Sword Author:C. J. Cherryh The first, and I believe best, of Cherryh's books in the Merovin universe. Merovingen is a flooded city, a city of intrigue and a city divided into classes. Altair Jones is a "canaler" and survivor extraordinaire. She finds half-drowned Thomas Mondragon, a high-towner, and rescues him. "Mondragon seemes to feel the greatest kindness he can c... more »d to Altair is to keep her ignorant of who he really is and why the assassins are on his trail. But irresistibly drawn to Mondragon, Altair cannot abandon him to an unequal battle. Yet unless she can learn the truth about her reluctant comrade, and unless she can adqpt quickly enough to the rules of the secret games of power being played at every level of Merovingen, both she and Mondragon will pay the ultimate price."« less