A sword with a mind of its own ... an old man who patches the holes in the world ... a girl who doesn't exist and knows things she can't possibly know ... a beautiful spirit flowing across the ruins of a city ... the strange power of a troubled artist's final painting ... identities that melt like wax ... an antique store troubled by ghosts ... a beautiful wish and a terrible cost.... All these and more await you in The House of Broken Dolls.