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 begins with a simple note: Roger Bascombe wishes to inform Celeste Temple that their engagement is forthwith terminated. But Celeste, for all her lack of worldly experience, is determined to find out why her fiance should have thrown her over so cruelly. Adopting a disguise, she follows her erstwhile lover to the forbidding Harschmort manor, where she discovers a world--by turns seductive and shocking--she could never have imagined, and a conspiracy so terrifying as to be almost beyond belief.--From publisher description.
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
