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Description edit
Nimira is a music-hall performer forced to dance for pennies to an audience of leering drunks. When wealthy sorcerer Hollin Parry hires her to do a special act - singing accompaniment to an exquisite piano-playing automaton, Nimira believes it is the start of a new life. In Parry's world,... read more
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Characters edit
- Nimira: Music performer. Lead character
- Hollin Parry: Rich Sorcerer
- Erris Tanharrow: Piano-playing automaton
- Annalie Parry: Hollin Parry's wife
- Garvin Pelerine: Deceased former ambassador of magic
- Mr. Smollings: Unpleasant sorcerer, ambassador of magic, antagonist
- Karstor Greinfern: Sorcerer, friend of Garvin's
- Granden: Owner of the music hall in which Nimira performed
- Saraki: Performer at the music hall
- Linza: Maid at Hollin's estate, Vestenveld
- Polly: Performer at the music hall
Quotes edit
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“A MAN, FAIR LADY. A MAN.”
Erris -
“"Of course, yes. It just surprised me, is all. He does look so very... not real... but alive."”
Nimira -
“"Smollings won't be able to do a damn thing about it once we're all there. I want them to see you as the well-spoken traveler you are, not an imported curiosity."”
Hollin
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
The audience didn't understand a word we sang.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 2 in Magic Under Glass. (standard series)
Followed by Magic Under Stone.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Jaclyn Dolamore (Author) - Author
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Country: U.S.A.
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 978-1-59990-430-6
Page Count: 225
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Country: U.S.A.
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 978-1-59990-430-6
Page Count: 225
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: Fic
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