Halfnote's Song
Reeks: The Glass Singers
Lynette Hill
- Glass
- singers
- in
- the
- city
- of
- Albermarle
- use
- the
- ancient
- songs
- of
- dragons
- to
- fashion
- molten
- sand
- into
- the
- most
- intricate
- pieces
- of
- glasswork.Half
- note,
- youngest
- apprentice
- of
- the
- House
- of
- Verre,
- knows
- that
- she
- is
- breaking
- the
- rules
- when
- she
- sneaks
- in
- to
- watch
- her
- sister
- Octavia’s
- test
- to
- become
- a
- journeyman
- of
- the
- guild.
- No
- one
- doubts
- that
- Octavia,
- brightest
- singer
- of
- her
- generation,
- will
- pass
- the
- test.
- But
- there
- is
- more
- to
- the
- craft
- of
- glass
- singing
- than
- the
- mere
- making
- of
- baubles.
- Just
- as
- Octavia’s
- success
- seems
- assured,
- every
- piece
- of
- finished
- glass
- in
- Verre
- House
- cries
- out
- in
- alarm.Soon
- they
- know
- why:
- the
- Intan
- Negarawan,
- heir
- to
- the
- throne
- of
- Samoya,
- brings
- an
- elephant
- to
- Verre
- House
- –
- and
- plague
- to
- the
- city
- of
- Albermarle.The
- plague
- is
- incurable,
- the
- desperate
- prince
- tells
- them.
- It
- is
- also
- decimating
- the
- people
- of
- Samoya.
- He
- begs
- Fortis
- Verre,
- Grand
- Master
- of
- Verre
- House,
- to
- create
- a
- healing
- mirror.
- A
- skilled
- physician
- could
- use
- such
- a
- mirror
- to
- find
- the
- cure
- for
- almost
- any
- condition.But
- the
- making
- of
- such
- a
- mirror
- is
- now
- forbidden.
- As
- Master
- Verre
- has
- experienced
- for
- himself,
- one
- wrong
- step
- in
- its
- creation
- can
- change
- the
- mirror
- from
- healing
- aid
- into
- an
- all-devouring
- monster.As
- the
- plague
- spreads,
- however,
- the
- glass
- singers
- of
- the
- House
- of
- Verre
- begin
- to
- consider
- the
- unthinkable.
- Do
- they
- have
- the
- skills
- to
- make
- such
- a
- mirror?
- Can
- they
- make
- it
- in
- time
- to
- save
- those
- they
- love?
- And
- what
- will
- they
- do
- if
- their
- efforts
- create
- an
- insatiable
- monster instead?
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