A Stunning, Ironic Tale of Design Gone Wrong; Francois Schuiten, a master fantasy illustrator best known for his exquisite, technically rendered architecture, has combined his talents once again with famed writer Benoit Peeters in this fantastic tale of intrigue. Robick thought he had designed the perfect city, efficiently divided between the consummately aesthetic and the irrational. But a foreign element unexpectedly invades, and a small but mysterious grid of beams begins to exponentially expand into an indestructible city-engulfing lattice, allowing a bridge between the city's two halves. As well-laid plans are thrown into disarray, readers will join in Robick's search to learn the cube's secret and the errors of his own ways.