A Star Shall FallMarie Brennan takes us back to the Age of Enlightment in A Star Shall Fall. The Royal Society of London plays home to the greatest minds of England. It has revolutionized philosophy and scientific knowledge. Its fellows map out the laws of the natural world, disproving ancient superstition and ushering in an age of enlightenment. To the fae of the Onyx Court, living in a secret city below London, these scientific developments are less than welcome. It is now 1757 and magic is losing its place in the world. Science threatens to expose the fae's hidden city to hostile eyes. In 1666, a Great Fire burned four-fifths of London to the ground. The calamity was caused by a great Dragon—an elemental beast of flame. Incapable of destroying something so powerful, the fae of London banished it to a comet moments before the comet's light disappeared from the sky. Now the calculations of Sir Edmond Halley have predicted its return in 1759. So begins their race against time. Soon the Dragon's gaze will fall upon London and it will return to the city it ravaged once before. The fae will have to answer the question that defeated them a century before: How can they kill a being more powerful than all their magic combined? It will take both magic and science to save London—but reconciling the two carries its own danger.... |
Contents
Section 1 | 1 |
Section 2 | 8 |
Section 3 | 9 |
Section 4 | 66 |
Section 5 | 67 |
Section 6 | 125 |
Section 7 | 126 |
Section 8 | 127 |
Section 13 | 245 |
Section 14 | 305 |
Section 15 | 306 |
Section 16 | 307 |
Section 17 | 367 |
Section 18 | 368 |
Section 19 | 369 |
Section 20 | 419 |
Section 9 | 181 |
Section 10 | 182 |
Section 11 | 183 |
Section 12 | 244 |
Section 21 | 421 |
Section 22 | 425 |
Section 23 | 427 |
Section 24 | |