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A Far Better Thing
A Far Better Thing | H. G. Parry
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Jonathan Strange & Mr. NorrelI meets A Tale of Two Cities in H. G. Parry’s A Far Better Thing, a heart-rending fantasy of faery revenge set during the French Revolution. I feared this was the best of times; I hoped it could not get any worse. The fairies stole Sydney Carton as a child, and made him a mortal servant of the Faerie Realm. Now, he has a rare opportunity for revenge against the fae and Charles Darnay, the changeling left in his stead. It will take magic and cunning—cold iron and Realm silver—to hide his intentions from humans and fae and bring his plans to fruition. Shuttling between London and Paris during the Reign of Terror, generations of violence-begetting-violence lead him to a heartbreaking choice in the shadow of the guillotine.
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Not surprisingly given the title, we are given a retelling of Dicken‘s A Tale of Two Cities. More surprising, however, is that there are vengeful fairies, changlings, goblins, and a plot involving power within the Fairy Realm. All set first in London, and then largely during the madness of the bloody Paris guillotine era.The Defarges are there. Our doomed hero, the changing Sydney Carton, risks all for those he loves. It sounds mad, but it works.

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