The Light Ages

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Publication Year:
2013

ISBN-13: 9781480423664

<DIV><DIV><B>This &ldquo;extraordinary alternate-history fantasy,&rdquo; set in an industrial London riven by class conflict and transformed by magic, is a steampunk classic (<I>Booklist</I>).</B><BR /> &#160;<DIV>The discovery of <I>aether</I> changed everything; magic mined from the ground, it ushered in an Industrial Age seemingly overnight, deposing kings and rulers as power was transferred to the almighty guilds. Soon, England&rsquo;s people were separated into two distinct classes: those who dug up and were often poisoned by the miraculous substance, and those who profited from it.</DIV><DIV>&#160;</DIV><DIV>Robert Borrows has always wanted more than the life of poverty and backbreaking toil into which he was born. During a visit with his mother to an isolated local manor, he discovers Annalise, the beautiful and mysterious changeling whom <I>aether</I> has magically remolded into something more than human. Years later, their paths will cross again in the filthy, soot-stained streets of London, where Robert preaches revolution while Annalise enjoys the privileges afforded to the upper class&mdash;the same social stratum that Robert is trying to overthrow. But even as they stand on opposite sides of the great struggle that divides their world, they are united by a shocking secret from their childhood. And their destinies will be forever entwined when their world falls to ruin.<BR /><BR /> A finalist for the World Fantasy Award, <I>The Light Ages</I> &ldquo;brings a Dickensian life to the pounding factories of London&rdquo; (<I>The Denver Post</I>) and &ldquo;should hold great appeal to readers who love the more sophisticated fantasy of Michael Swanwick, John Crowley or even China Mi&eacute;ville&rdquo; (<I>Publishers Weekly</I>).<BR /> &#160;</DIV><DIV><I>The Light Ages </I>continues with <I>The House of Storms</I>, set one century later<I>.</I></DIV></DIV></DIV>