The House of Storms (Light Ages) - Hardcover

MacLeod, Ian R.

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321 ratings by Goodreads

9780441012800: The House of Storms (Light Ages)

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ISBN 10: 0441012809 ISBN 13: 9780441012800

Publisher: Ace Hardcover, 2005

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To save her only son from consumption, Alice Meynell, the great grandmistress of the Telegraphers Guild, makes a bargain with her former lover, a changeling in the land of Einfell, in exchange for a cure, a pact that that could have painful repercussions for her son when he is forced to choose between duty and love.

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About the Author:

Ian R. MacLeod was born and has lived most of his forty years around Birmingham in the United Kingdom. He is the author of the novel The Great Wheel and his short fiction has appeared in Interzone, Asimov's, and Fantasy and Science Fiction, and has been widely anthologized and translated. His alternative history novella entitled The Summer Isles won the World Fantasy Award.

From Publishers Weekly:

Starred Review. In MacLeod's brilliant The Light Ages (2003), the discovery of a substance called aether revolutionized technology, ushering in a Victorian age radically different from our own. Now, a century later, the Age of Light has come to an end in this more tightly plotted sequel. Alice Meynell, Greatgrandmistress of the Guild of Telegraphers, is willing to commit murder to establish her own power and assure the future of her tubercular son, Ralph. To save his life, she makes a deal with the Chosen, magical beings so warped by aether that they can no longer live in human society. As Ralph's health improves, however, he falls in love with Marion Price, a servant girl who eventually bears his child. Alice, acting in what she believes is Ralph's best interests, forces them to separate, secretly sending the baby to live with the Chosen. Years pass, civil war breaks out, and Alice, Ralph and Marion pursue their varied destinies. Full of detailed descriptions of landscapes and complex human feelings, this rich, leisurely novel bears some similarities to the more frenetic fiction of China Mi�ville, though the author's affinity to A.S. Byatt is even stronger. This is a major work by a master writing at the top of his form.
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