Changeling: An Immortal Tale
by Frances Gordon
'And now,' said the dwarf, 'in return for spinning the straw into
gold for you, you must promise me that your first-born child
will be mine.'
Fael Miller's father, Tod, is an egocentric has-been; a song-writer
who still feeds on the glory of his one past success. Now, many
years on, he's finally found a backer for a new musical but,
faced with reality, he discovers in panic that he can no longer
write. In desperation, he turns to widely-read and musically-talented
Fael. But although Fael can think of several storylines, she knows
she can't possibly construct a full stage musical.
Then she's accosted one evening by a mysterious young man. Wearing
a black cloak and a mask which hides most of his face, he claims
he can help her. And so begins Fael's secret alliance with the
faceless, nameless entity whom she calls Scathach -- the Gael word
for 'shadow'. Scathach proposes a pact: he'll help her write the
musical but she'll incur a debt to him which, one day, she must
honour.
Between them they weave a glittering, eerily beautiful story. But
while Fael falls ever deeper under Scathach's spell, he is secretly
planning a dark vengeance -- a vengeance that takes Fael to the
remote and menace-filled house on Ireland's west coast, where the
debt must finally be paid...
Rumpelstiltskin
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