The best thief in the history of the Revived Earth is on a literal deadline-find a cure for the plague or die-but when the universe drops the ultimate extortion fodder into his lap, what's Jubal supposed to do, say no? Turns out Nick Beausoleil isn't the perfect Guild knight in shining armor his fiancée thinks he is. Nickie-boy made a big mistake while Carina was in prison, and now he's got a deep, dark secret he needs Jubal Van Zandt to help him cover up. The kind of deep, dark secret Jubal could use to destroy their relationship and disgrace the overly muscled meathead forever in Carina's eyes. PRAISE FOR BEAUTIFUL CORPSE: "Every detail is so clever. Every exchange of dialogue is so witty. The overall effect is dazzling, mesmerizing, better than real life. It's literary hard drugs, dude." - Tim McBain, coauthor of Awake in the Dark and The Scattered and the Dead