By Ian McDonald
First Published:1994
It’s the Second of November 2063.
It’s the Day of the Dead.

In the 21st Century, nanotechnology has revolutionized the laws of birth and death. The resurrected dead account for almost one third of the human population, and the backbone of its workplace. They have their own culture and their own ghettos, the Necrovilles. And the Day of the Dead is their night.

Five young people enter Necroville to fulfill a pact, each knowing or in search of something. As their paths cross, and they find themselves drawn ever deeper into the lives of the dead, each one will find themselves forever changed.