Jherek Carnelian, a man living in an amoral, decadent society in the far future, falls in love with Amelia Underwood, a conventional, moralistic Englishwoman from the 19th century who has been transported to his age through an accident in time travel. After having adjusted the geography where the Iron Orchid and Jherek lunched and turning the sea into a deep pink, described as almost cerise, he is shown to be once more experimenting with artificial wings, to the chagrin of Iron Orchid, who wonders why he insists that they are a success. Jherek is far more interested in Mrs Amelia Underwood, a time traveller from Victorian England, as he is fascinated by the Victorian era. Madness may be said to be a tendency to simplify, into easily grasped metaphors, the nature of the world.

Michael Moorcock is also a musician who has performed since the seventies with his own band, the Deep Fix; and, as a member of the prog rock band, Hawkwind, won a gold disc. Chaos ensues as the police and the Lat start fighting, and the fabric of time itself begins disintegrating. Unfortunately I felt the conclusion of this saga really let it down resulting in a rather average two stars from me. Hunted by the Lat, Jherek stumbles into a subterranean school built centuries ago to protect the last children of that era from the tyrant director Pecking Pa the Eighth (a reference to Sam Peckinpah).If you want to test your reactions to the infringement of virtually all standards of decency, the breaking of many hallowed taboos, all done lightheartedly, then this book may interest you.

He is the father of Jherek by the Iron Orchid, and is later shown to be manipulating various events that occur in the series. To his surprise, the judge appears to be none other than his friend, Lord Jagged, but claims to be one Jagger. London - When Jherek finally reaches 19th century London, he meets and takes a train ride with none other than H.The novel begins with a discussion between Jherek Carnelian and his mother, the Iron Orchid, about the meaning of the word virtuous. Jherek Carnelian, son of the Iron Orchid and an unknown father (later revealed to be Lord Jagged) is the protagonist of the novels An Alien Heat, The Hollow Lands and The End of All Songs. The time in the school is constantly recycled by a robot nanny so old she has started to break down, and as a result is recycling the same week repeatedly. He proceeds to explain that energy can be drawn from any existing reality within the multiverse; this, combined with the technology that "recycled" time in the underground school, can be used to sustain the Earth forever.

Short stories featuring Elric ("Elric at the End of Time"), and Jerry Cornelius ("The Murderer's Song") also feature characters and places from the End of Time. Amelia Underwood ( the real great character of the novels who steals the show if you ask me, a 19th century Lady that is kidnapped ) and their love story and subsequent changes in the chaotic nature of the end of time. The Dancers At The End Of Time is a trilogy that explores time travel and morality in the pseudo-sexual psychedelic way that only Moorcock can pull off. There's also the unstoppable end of the multiverse as we know it but that's on the back burner most of the time.Main characters in the series include Jherek Carnelian, one of the few humans at the End of Time to have been born naturally, rather than created; Mrs Amelia Underwood, a time traveller from the late 19th century; the enigmatic Lord Jagged; and Miss Mavis Ming in the eponymous The Transformation of Miss Mavis Ming, which also features the Fireclown.