A Far Better Thing

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell 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.

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I feared this was the best of times; I hoped it could not get any worse.

The faeries stole Sydney Carton as a child, and made him a mortal servant of the Faery 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.

Author: H. G. Parry
Publisher: Tor Books
Published: 06/17/2025
Pages: 416
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 8.29h x 5.52w x 1.11d
ISBN13: 9781250334183
ISBN10: 1250334187
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Fantasy | Historical
- Fiction | Adaptations & Pastiche

About the Author
H. G. PARRY is the author of several books including The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep, the Shadow Histories duology, and The Magician's Daughter. She holds a PhD in English Literature from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, and divides her time between her tiny Wellington flat and a house on the Kapiti Coast where she lives with her sister and a menagerie of small animals.