House of Storms - Brossura

MacLeod, Ian R.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0743462475 ISBN 13: 9780743462471

Casa editrice: Pocket Books, 2006

Riassunto

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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L'autore:

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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From the author of the acclaimed The Light Ages, an enthralling tale of love and power
When Great Grandmistress Alice Meynell, ruthless matriarch of the Great Guild of Telegraphers, brings her son to Invercombe, she expects him to die there. Though her power and grace are legendary, not even she can halt her son's disease.
The age of aether still reigns, its pale glow illuminating the land. All bear the mark of aether's strange influence, except the changelings, banished to Einfell, that strange land untouched by the Ages of Industry, that lie uneasy at England's troubled heart. And it is to Einfell that Alice turns in desperation, to plead for her son's life to one who once trusted her, and suffered the consequences.
Ralph is cured. Far away from the filth of industrial London he is drawn to the world of nature and to a fisherman's daugher, Marion Price. Together they plan to run away, to defy the rule of the Guilds, even to change the world and how it understands itself. But his mother will not let love stand in the way of her lust for power even if it means plunging England into a long and bloody civil war.
'The House of Storms is that uncommon thing, a sequel to be treasured as much as its pecursor' Locus
'MacLeod's prose is as rich as treacle and equally black' Guardian
'Wonderful...Dickens with a touch of Alan Garner and a glimpse of Ghormenghast' Christopher Fowler

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• Editore: Pocket Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0743462475
• ISBN 13: 9780743462471
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 464