A Far Better Thing

<p><b><i>Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell </i>meets <i>A Tale of Two Cities</i> in H. G. Parry’s <i>A Far Better Thing</i>, a heart-rending fantasy of faery revenge set during the French Revolution.</b><br><br><i>I feared this was the best of times; I hoped it could not get any worse.</i><br><br>The faeries stole Sydney Carton as a child, and made him a mortal servant of the Faery Realm. Now, he has a rare opportunity for revenge against the fae and Charles Darnay, the changeling left in his stead.<br><br>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.<br><br>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.</p>