In a futuristic/paranormal but hot/steamy novel set against the backdrop of a Russo-Islamic-Chinese take-over of the United States, a woman is transformed and transforms. But who is cannibalizedÑWinn Miller herself? Her husband Scott? Industrialist Christopher Godbolt and General Sun, the men of her consuming fantasy? DREAM himself/itself? Are the experiences of this intellectual, once-chaste female and the revival of such ancient lore as alchemy necessary to help us resolve world crises? What do we make of and how do we survive in a diminished world?