![]() Because of its favorable reviews and broader publishing promotion, it has been described by critics as MacLeod's "breakthrough" work. The novel won nominated for a World Fantasy Award in 2004. Publishers Weekly noted the novel's strong character development and "gritty, alternate London" and recommended it to readers "who love the more sophisticated fantasy of Michael Swanwick, John Crowley or even China MiƩville." Jon Courtenay Grimwood, writing in The Guardian, described it as " quiet, understated monster of a novel". 2003, UK, Earthlight (a former imprint of Simon & Schuster) ISBN 0743462424, Pub date May 2003, Hardback.He eventually journeys to London, where he joins a group of thieves, pickpockets, and revolutionaries who seek to overthrow the caste system. Chosen as a Book of the Year by The Times, Daily Telegraph, TLS, BBC History Magazine and Tablet. The narrator and protagonist of the novel, Robert Borrows, belongs to a lowly guild in a Yorkshire mining village. The Light Ages: A Medieval Journey of Discovery by Seb Falk. Society is structured by a rigid labor caste system of guilds. The Light Ages takes place in an industrializing England that relies on the mining of aether, a magical fifth element. ![]() ![]() ![]() The novel is set in an alternate Victorian England during an Industrial Revolution fueled by a dangerous magical substance known as aether. The Light Ages is a steampunk and alternate history fantasy novel by Ian R. ![]()
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