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