In the ninty-ninth year of the Age of Light, Alice Meynell has fought her way to the title of Greatgrandmistriss of the Teleprapher's Guild. While she has done this with the intention of forming a lasting dynasty, her only child suffers from consumption; a condition which refuses to respond to either medicine or magic. (Review was written for the UK edition The House of Storms by Ian R. MacLeod in SFRevu.com in May 2005 by our Associate Editor UK, John Berlyne.)

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