Publisher's Synopsis
As the world approaches a new century, and many people anticipate the great advances of modernity, Cambridge University sits mired in the traditions of the past. Here, the university Proctors still operate as a private police force, aggressively acting to protect the fine young men in their charge from the women of the town. They make good use of the euphemistically named Spinning House to confine any women they consider likely to corrupt the morals of the university, though the town's infamous house of correction has a brutal reputation, where inmates reputedly die from the cold and lack of care. As a new set of Proctors unleash a wave of terror on the young women of Cambridge, three of them struggle to make their way in a world dominated by men.
