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The Great Fire of London destroyed most of the city, and its cause was a great dragon, an elemental beast of flame. Inversely, the fae of London banished the dragon to a comet just before its light vanished from the sky. According to Sir Edmond Halley’s calculations, the comet will return in 1759.
First publish date: 2010
Genre: Fantasy/Historical Fantasy
Authors: Marie Brennan
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