In Architects or Emortality, on based his Nebula-nominated novella "The Flowers of Evil, " Stableford continues to write first-class hard SF adventure in the same future universe as Inherit the Earth. Five hundred years in the future, there is a murder in New York City by the agency of genetically altered flowers, and a rejuvenated plant designer named Oscar Wilde must help Charlotte Holmes of the NYPD investigate.