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Alex Williams
The Storm Maker
Macmillan (308 pages) 9780330450027
This story starts off as a little odd but rapidly exerts enormous charm and becomes irresistible. In a countryside ruled by a tyrant and his tyrannical mother who has everything in the grip of a constant bitter winter, the Breeze family craft of making and selling cooling fans suffers somewhat. But their clever mechanical skills prove all to the good as a journey further afield proves crucial, and eventually there are just deserts for all. Among all the action is the roguish, but far from bad, Sebastian Silver, and there is a multitude of fanciful technological devices integrated into the plot.