This book was more complicated than most to write, so I owe a large debt of gratitude to those friends and family who let me talk their ears off about it: Kyle Niedzwiecki, Adrienne Lipoma, Kate Walton, Alyc Helms, and Kevin Schmidt, the last of whom made the very excellent and timely suggestion of ectoplasm.
Finally, I must thank all the historians and scholars whose research I relied upon to keep my facts accurate. The terrifyingly long list of these may be found on my Web site, www.swantower.com.
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
MORTALS
Those marked with an asterisk are attested in history.
Whitechapel Irish
Elizabeth O’Malley—a young woman
James O’Malley—her father, a prisoner in Newgate
Owen Darragh—a boy, missing seven years
Maggie Darragh—his sister
Mrs. Darragh—his mother, an invalid
Fergus Boyle—a troublemaker
Father Tooley—a priest
Dónall Whelan—a fairy doctor
No. 35 Cromwell Road
Louisa Kittering—a rebellious young woman
Mrs. Kittering—her mother
Mrs. Fowler—housekeeper to the Kitterings
Ned Sayers—footman to the Kitterings
Ann Wick }
Sarah } maids to the Kitterings
Mary Banning }
Society for Psychical Research
*Frederic William Henry Myers—a spiritualist investigator
*Henry Sidgwick—his friend, likewise an investigator
*Eleanor Sidgwick—wife of Henry, likewise an investigator
*Annie Marshall—wife of Myers’s cousin, now deceased
Iris Wexford—a medium
Scotland Yard
*Adolphus Williamson—Chief Inspector of the Special Irish Branch
*Patrick Quinn—Police Sergeant of the Special Irish Branch
*Augusta Ada King—mathematician and Countess of Lovelace, now deceased
*Charles Babbage—an inventor, now deceased
*Eliza Carter—a girl from West Ham
Mrs. Chase—a widow from Islington
Eveleen Myers—wife of Frederic Myers, and a photographer
Delphia St. Clair—wife of Galen St. Clair, now deceased
Francis Merriman—a mortal seer and founder of the Onyx Hall, now deceased
Princes of the Stone, in chronological order
Sir Michael Deven
Sir Antony Ware
Dr. John Ellin
Lord Joseph Winslow
Sir Alan Fitzwarren
Dr. Hamilton Birch
Galen St. Clair
Matthew Abingdon
Colonel Robert Shaw
Geoffrey Franklin
Henry Brandon
Alexander Messina
Benjamin Hodge—the current Prince
FAERIES
The Court of London
Lune—Queen of the Onyx Court
Sir Peregrin Thorne—Captain of the Onyx Guard
Sir Cerenel—Lieutenant of the Onyx Guard
Dame Segraine—a lady knight of the Onyx Guard
Dame Irrith—a sprite, and lady knight of the Vale of the White Horse
Amadea—Lady Chamberlain of the Onyx Court
Tom Toggin—a hob; valet to the Prince of the Stone
Bonecruncher—a follower of the Prince
Invidiana—a previous Queen, now deceased
The Goblin Market
Nadrett—a criminal boss
Cyma—a former lady, in debt to Nadrett
Gresh }
Nithen } followers of Nadrett
Old Gadling }
Chrennois—a French sprite, and follower of Nadrett
Valentin Aspell }
Hardface } Goblin Market bosses
Lacca }
Orlegg—a thrumpin in service to Valentin Aspell Greymalkin—likewise in service to Valentin Aspell
Po—a Chinese faerie, ally of Lacca, and keeper of an opium den
Hafdean—keeper of the Crow’s Head
Blacktooth Meg—hag of the River Fleet
Charcoal Eddie—a less-than-bright Puck
The Galenic Academy
Abd ar-Rashid—a genie of Istanbul, and Scholarch of the Academy
Wrain }
Wilhas von das Ticken }
Niklas von das Ticken } Academy Masters
Lady Feidelm }
Ch’ien Mu }
Yvoir—a French faerie, and scholar of photography
Kutuhal—a vanara from India
Fjothar—a svártalfar from Scandinavia
Rosamund Goodemeade—a helpful brownie
Gertrude Goodemeade—likewise a helpful brownie, and Rosamund’s sister
Eidhnin }
Scéineach } Irish fae, of a nationalist bent
Suspiria—founder of the Onyx Hall, now deceased
Father Thames—spirit of the River Thames
BY MARIE BRENNAN
Midnight Never Come
In Ashes Lie
A Star Shall Fall
With Fate Conspire
Warrior
Witch
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
WITH FATE CONSPIRE
Copyright © 2011 by Bryn Neuenschwander
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Brennan, Marie.
With fate conspire / Marie Brennan.—1st ed.
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ISBN 978-0-7653-2537-2
1. Fairies—Fiction. 2. London (England)—History—19th century—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3602.R453W58 2011
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First Edition: September 2011
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