The House of Storms Author:Ian R. MacLeod To save her only son from the ravages of consumption, the Great grandmistress of the Telegraphers Guild, Alice Meynell, has made a bargain with her former lover -- a changeling in the land of Einfell where magic may accomplish what science could not -- to do whatever is necessary to cure him. — Once he is healthy again, her son will be torn betwe... more »en his duty to lead the guild and his love for a servant girl. But Alice has already chosen her son's destiny and she'll see him achieve it even if it means ending the Age of Light.« less