The age of aether still reigns; its pale glow illuminating the land. All bear the mark of aether's extraordinary influence, except the changelings, banished to Einfell, that strange land untouched by the Age of Industry, that lay at England's troubled heart. When Great Grandmistress Alice Meynell, ruthless matriarch of the Great Guild of Telegraphers, brings her son to Invercombe, west of Bristol, she expects him to die there. Though her power and grace are legendary, not even she can halt her son's disease. In desperation she travels to Einfell, to seek favour from one who once trusted her. And Ralph is cured. Far away from the filth of industrial London, he is drawn away from his family responsibilities to the world of nature and to a fisherman's daughter Marion Price. Together they plan to run away, to defy the rule of the Guilds, even to change the world and how it sees itself. But Alice will not let love stand in the way of her in her insatiable lust for power - nor the very land she professes to love - even if it means plunging England into a long and bloody civil war. An astonishing work of imagination, Ian R. Macleod has created a truly original world, one that is strangely recognizable and yet utterly new, an England made of magic, but set amongst familiar hills and cities.
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is a monumental work of science fiction far superior to Asimov. MacLeod is set to become a writer of the magnitude of Dickens or Tolkien' Guardian
A wonderful, vivid, literate novel' STarburst
‘A monumental work of science fiction far superior to Asimov. MacLeod is set to become a writer of the magnitude of Dickens or Tolkien’ Guardian 26/02
‘With his follow-up to The Light Ages, Ian R MacLeod mixes up Mervyn Peake-esque events in the country pile at Invercombe with a full-blown English Civil War ... As fantasy continues on its long, painfully slow journey from faux medievalism, it’s a dark, richly textured delight. MacLeod will be a name to watch.’ SFX 01/03
'Macleod is one of the finest prose stylists around . . . his writing is unfailingly elegant, full of brilliantly realised English landscapes, deftly sensitive characterisations, luminously reworked fairy tales, and poetic elegies to lives and opportunities lost . . . amongst the best fantastic writing today. THE HOUSE OF STORMS is that uncommon thing, a sequel to be treasured as much as its precursor' LOCUS MAGAZINE, 02/05
'The House of Storms sees MacLeod's already strong writing take another notable step forward . . . Beautiful, turbid and often very rich, but never stifling prose flows from the page at a cracking rate of knots. Its fast-turning pages brim with joy and pain, love and war -- in short with humanity, a bit of everyday magic that shines brightly amongst the rather less common variety. MacLeod's current trajectory seems set to take him into the very top rank of modern British writers' VECTOR MAGAZINE (VECTOR Recommended Read) JULY ISSUE
Ian R. MacLeod is the author of THE GREAT WHEEL, and his short fiction has appeared in INTERZONE, ASIMOV'S and FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION, and has been shortlisted for almost every major science fiction and fantasy award including the Hugo and the Nebula. He is twice winner of the World Fantasy Award for his alternate history novella, THE SUMMER ISLES, and his short story, THE CHOP GIRL.
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Larry Rostant (illustratore). London: Simon & Schuster:, 2005. First edition, Hardcover, Fine in Fine dust jacket, 457 pp. Cover artwork by: Larry Rostant From the author of THE LIGHT AGES. Looks kinda steampunkish. A ruthless matriarch brings her son home to die. In a magnificent old house, a forgotten outpost of a powerful Guild, her son, Ralph, recovers from his illness. Ralph is drawn to nature and not the smoky age of aether and industry and to a fisherman's daughter. Together they plot to restore their own lives and the wasted world. Mom doesn't share Ralph's enthusiasms and a bloody civil war ensues. Move over China Mieville? First edition, Hardcover, Fine in Fine dust jacket, Codice articolo 26759
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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Fine. Rostant, Larry (illustratore). First Edition. Hardcover UK, first printing and true first edition. (The first US edition was published later by Ace in May 2005.) First Printing with "1" present in complete number line. Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Sequel to The Light Ages. (The US edition of Light Ages was published May 6, 2003 and precedes the UK edition, published June 2, 2003. However the UK edition features the outstanding jacket illustration by Edward Miller.) Alternate history where magic triumphed over science in the 17th century. House of Storms takes place one hundred years after the events in Light Ages. "The House of Storms is that uncommon thing, a sequel to be treasured as much as its precursor." - Nick Gevers, Locus, February 2005. "This is a major work by a master writing at the top of his form." - Publisher's Weekly. Ian Macleod is also the author of The Great Wheel (1997) which won the 1998 Locus Poll Award for Best First Novel. Fine full color, wrap-around jacket illustration by Larry Rostant. Book. Codice articolo 003009
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Hardback. fine hardcover copy in a fine dustwrapper 1st edition, press release. The age of aether still reigns; its pale glow illuminating the land. All bear the mark of aether's extraordinary influence, except the changelings, banished to Einfell, that strange land untouched by the Age of Industry. Codice articolo FJ15.222
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Octavo, boards. First edition. Fantasy novel set in an industrial England powered by magic, the sequel to THE LIGHT AGES (2003). Broderick and Di Filippo, Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels, 1985-2010 #78. A fine copy in fine dust jacket with publisher's price sticker affixed to front panel. (#140655). Codice articolo 140655
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