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25th ANNIVERSARY EDITION

The Victorian mansion, Evenmere, is the mechanism that runs the universe.

The lamps must be lit or the stars die.

The clocks must be wound or Time ceases.

The Balance between Order and Chaos must be preserved or Existence crumbles.

Appointed the Steward of Evenmere, Carter Anderson…

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1 author picked The High House as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I love the idea of a house as a world (I even wrote my own story with this premise). Imagine a house as infinite as a universe where instead of traveling to distant planets, you walk down endless corridors or enter rooms that open up into whole new realities. Stoddard's trilogy is not the only one to use this idea, but it's probably one the best. The fact that it is also a Victorian/Edwardian pastiche, evoking writers like C.S. Lewis or William Hope Hodgson, is a definite plus.

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