The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Fiction & Literature, Action Suspense, Mystery & Suspense, Thrillers
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Author: Gordon Dahlquist ISBN: 9780553902938
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group Publication: August 29, 2006
Imprint: Bantam Language: English
Author: Gordon Dahlquist
ISBN: 9780553902938
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication: August 29, 2006
Imprint: Bantam
Language: English

Blending science fiction and dark fantasy, this monumental Victorian thriller is a dazzling feast for the senses: an action-packed roller-coaster ride of suspense, betrayal, and richly fevered dreams.
 
It starts with a simple note. Roger Bascombe regretfully wishes to inform Celeste Temple that their engagement is forthwith terminated. Determined to find out why, Miss Temple takes the first step in a journey that will propel her into a dizzyingly seductive, utterly shocking world beyond her imagining.
 
Nothing could have prepared Miss Temple for the 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.
 
Praise for The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters
*** ***
“The most original thing I’ve read in years: deftly executed, relentlessly inventive, and with a trio of the most unusual and engaging heroes who ever took on a sinister cabal out to rule the world by means of sex and dreams.”—Diana Gabaldon
 
“A tale that combines swashbuckling adventure, a big dose of science fiction and burgeoning romance.”USA Today
* *
“Rich . . . studded with treats . . . beautifully written.”Entertainment Weekly
* *
“Sweeping, highly original and absorbing . . . defies categorization.”The Dallas Morning News

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Blending science fiction and dark fantasy, this monumental Victorian thriller is a dazzling feast for the senses: an action-packed roller-coaster ride of suspense, betrayal, and richly fevered dreams.
 
It starts with a simple note. Roger Bascombe regretfully wishes to inform Celeste Temple that their engagement is forthwith terminated. Determined to find out why, Miss Temple takes the first step in a journey that will propel her into a dizzyingly seductive, utterly shocking world beyond her imagining.
 
Nothing could have prepared Miss Temple for the 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.
 
Praise for The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters
*** ***
“The most original thing I’ve read in years: deftly executed, relentlessly inventive, and with a trio of the most unusual and engaging heroes who ever took on a sinister cabal out to rule the world by means of sex and dreams.”—Diana Gabaldon
 
“A tale that combines swashbuckling adventure, a big dose of science fiction and burgeoning romance.”USA Today
* *
“Rich . . . studded with treats . . . beautifully written.”Entertainment Weekly
* *
“Sweeping, highly original and absorbing . . . defies categorization.”The Dallas Morning News

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