num_pages: 361
description: Up-and-coming fantasist Mary Robinette Kowal enchanted fans with award-winning short stories and beloved novels featuring Regency pair Jane Ellsworth and Vincent. In Without a Summer the master glamourists return home but in a world where magic is real nothingeven the domestic sphereis quite what it seems.Jane and Vincent go to Long Parkmeade to spend time with Janes family but quickly turn restless. The year is unseasonably cold. No one wants to be outside and Mr. Ellsworth is concerned by the harvest since a bad one may imperil Melodys dowry. And Melody has concerns of her own given the inadequate selection of eligible bachelors. When Jane and Vincent receive a commission from a prominent family in London they decide to take it and take Melody with them. They hope the change of scenery will do her good and her marriage prospectsand moodwill be brighter in London.Once there talk is of nothing but the crop failures caused by the cold and increased unemployment of the coldmongers which have provoked riots in several cities to the north. With each passing day its more difficult to avoid getting embroiled in the intrigue none of which really helps Melodys chances for romance. Its not long before Jane and Vincent realize that in addition to getting Melody to the church on time they must take on one small task: solving a crisis of international proportions.
language: English
title: Without a Summer
publisher: Tor Books