Miss Temple, young, wealthy and far away from home, never wanted to be a heroine. Yet her fiance is dead, her companions slain and her nemesis, the terrifyingly wicked Contessa Lacquer-Sforza, escaped.
Set against a backdrop of intrigue, the narrative unfolds like a labyrinth, filled with twists and turns that challenge perception and reality. Characters navigate a complex web of secrets, each revealing layers of deception that reflect the multifaceted nature of truth. As the plot thickens, readers are drawn into a captivating exploration of identity and illusion, keeping them guessing until the final revelation.
With old loyalties tested by new and unlikely alliances, Miss Temple, Doctor Svenson, and Cardinal Chang must call on every reserve of courage to face a new and desperate struggle - after all, the integrity of their very minds is at risk. From palace intrigue and a city in turmoil to wolf-haunted mountains, underground tunnels and a suspicious hidden factory, they must overcome war and heartache to battle old enemies and a host of new villains, all hoping to seize for themselves the power of the blue glass books. Now one glass book in particular drives them all, its deadly contents the key to controlling the secrets of the blue glass, or destroying it forever. Praise for The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters- 'A page-turner, a rollicking ride. As stupendous as it is stupefying' Giles Foden, Guardian 'Fantastic . . . I was in seventh heaven . . . Somewhere between Dickens, Sherlock Holmes and Rider Haggard' Kate Mosse, author of Labyrinth
An extraordinary alliance sets the stage for a brutal yet tender adventure that promises to be both shocking and electrifying. This journey is filled with intense experiences and transformative moments, challenging the characters in unexpected ways as they navigate their quest.
It began with a simple note: a letter of rejection from Miss Temple’s fiancé, written on crisp Ministry paper and delivered on her maid’s silver tray. But for Miss Temple, Roger Bascombe’s cruel rejection will ignite a harrowing quest for answers, plunging her into a mystery as dizzying as a hall of mirrors—and a remote estate where danger abounds and all inhibitions are stripped bare.Nothing could have prepared Miss Temple for where her pursuit of Roger Bascombe would take her—or for the shocking things she would find behind the closed doors of forbidding Harschmort Manor: men and women in provocative disguise, acts of licentiousness and violence, heroism and awakening. But she will also find two allies: Cardinal Chang, a brutal assassin with the heart of a poet, and a royal doctor named Svenson, at once fumbling and heroic—both of whom, like her, lost someone at Harschmort Manor. As the unlikely trio search for answers—hurtling them from elegant brothels to gaslit alleyways to shocking moments of self-discovery-- they are confronted by puzzles within puzzles. And the closer they get to the truth, the more their lives are in danger. For the conspiracy they face—an astonishing alchemy of science, perverted religion, and lust for power—is so terrifying as to be beyond belief.
Four nearly identical girls on a desert island. An unexpected new arrival. A gently warped near future where nothing is quite as it seems.Veronika. Caroline. Isobel. Eleanor. One blond, one brunette, one redhead, one with hair black as tar. Four otherwise identical girls who spend their days in sync, tasked to learn. But when May, a very different kind of girl—the lone survivor of a recent shipwreck—suddenly and mysteriously arrives on the island, an unsettling mirror is about to be held up to the life the girls have never before questioned.
Die drei Helden des Buches, die Plantagenbesitzerin Miss Temple, der Auftragskiller "Kardinal" Chang und der Leibarzt des mecklenburgischen Prinzen, Doktor Svenson, kommen auf unterschiedliche Weise mit der Geheimgesellschaft der Traumfresser in Kontakt, die ein Verfahren entwickelt hat, mit dem man Erinnerungen und Emotionen von Menschen auf blaue Glasbücher übertragen kann
Die drei Helden des Buches, die Plantagenbesitzerin Miss Temple, der Auftragskiller "Kardinal" Chang und der Leibarzt des mecklenburgischen Prinzen, Doktor Svenson, kommen auf unterschiedliche Weise mit der Geheimgesellschaft der Traumfresser in Kontakt, die ein Verfahren entwickelt hat, mit dem man Erinnerungen und Emotionen von Menschen auf blaue Glasbücher übertragen kann
Die drei Helden des Buches, die Plantagenbesitzerin Miss Temple, der Auftragskiller "Kardinal" Chang und der Leibarzt des mecklenburgischen Prinzen, Doktor Svenson, kommen auf unterschiedliche Weise mit der Geheimgesellschaft der Traumfresser in Kontakt, die ein Verfahren entwickelt hat, mit dem man Erinnerungen und Emotionen von Menschen auf blaue Glasbücher übertragen kann
Die drei Helden des Buches, die Plantagenbesitzerin Miss Temple, der Auftragskiller "Kardinal" Chang und der Leibarzt des mecklenburgischen Prinzen, Doktor Svenson, kommen auf unterschiedliche Weise mit der Geheimgesellschaft der Traumfresser in Kontakt, die ein Verfahren entwickelt hat, mit dem man Erinnerungen und Emotionen von Menschen auf blaue Glasbücher übertragen kann
