cornish & the changeling #2

Continuing the series of pictures David Cornish drew for The Changeling, here's one of my favourites. These would have served as illustrations for the first quarter of the final novel, and perfectly capture, imho, the mood and setting of the story.

I see this one, and I want to weep. Poor Ros.



"Ros waited in the thickening dark, telling himself that there was nothing to be frightened of in the shadows, no matter what he imagined. Alone, though, it was harder to concentrate on the charm Escher had taught him. The faint flame he eventually managed to conjure danced fitfully in his grasp."

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