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Title: Cannot compare "The Light Ages"
Review: After I was totally overwhelmed by MacLeods tremendous novel "The Light Ages" which I read in the magnificant translation ("Aether") by Barbara Slawig I read the sequel "The House Of Storms" recently. Beside this is a great book too I was not so totally exalted. This might be because I had to read the book in its original language and my language skills are not as good as they should be. But while "Ages" described a dark England in the time of industrialization witch all the bad side effects magic was also a major player but not the main subeject of the book. Also the changelings were mysterious and horrific. In "House Of Storms" a civil war is the main subject beside the house itself which is more a living beeing than a building. But there is more of witchcraft then I feel necessary and the changelings turned out in the end to be a sort of businesspeople in the field of aetherd magic. But beside this fussy criticism this is a remarkable novel in any case.
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