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The Light Ages

Ian R. MacLeod
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In a Victorian England dominated by an industry and wealth created through the power of magic, an ambitious young man finds himself torn between his love for his childhood sweetheart and his disdain for the world to which she yearns to belong. Reprint.
Genres: FantasySteampunkFictionScience FictionAlternate HistoryNew WeirdSpeculative FictionScience Fiction FantasyMagicNovels
496 Pages

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