I knew M. T. Anderson from the book Feed and now he writes books for adults. This promised to be a book about grave robbing and a pox epidemic that takes place in *checks notes* 1087! If you’re one of those “Likes to think about ancient Rome” people and that synopsis sounds appealing, then this is the book for you. I liked but did not love it. It had a lot of new words, many of which felt a little extra. There was a slight whiff of the supernatural (I think?) but not much. The basic story line is solid--people have to go steal the body of St Nicholas for reasons, and they undertake a huge quest to do it-- with some fun queer overtones. Few women and none with major roles in the plot.