To save her only son from consumption, Alice Meynell, the great grandmistress of the Telegraphers Guild, makes a bargain with her former lover, a changeling in the land of Einfell, in exchange for a cure, a pact that that could have painful repercussions for her son when he is forced to choose between duty and love. Reprint. 12,000 first printing.
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To save her only son from the ravages of consumption, the Greatgrandmistress 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 between 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.
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