by Gordon Dahlquist · Viking · tapa dura · ISBN 9780670916474
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«The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters» is the fantasy novel by Gordon Dahlquist, published by Viking in hardback, in English.
In an alternative Victorian London, Miss Temple, a young heiress searching for her missing fiancé, allies herself with Cardinal Chang, a hired assassin, and with Doctor Svenson, a military physician tasked with protecting a dissolute prince. The three are drawn into a conspiracy involving a sinister sect and glass books with disturbing effects on the human mind.
It is the first volume of The Glass Books trilogy. Originally published in 2007, it is Dahlquist's first novel.
For readers of speculative fiction, dark fantasy, and mystery with a Victorian setting, seeking a lengthy novel with a leisurely pace.
Gordon Dahlquist is an American playwright and novelist. A native of the Pacific Northwest, Dahlquist has lived and worked in New York City since 1988. His plays, which include Messalina and Delirium Palace, have been performed in New York and Los Angeles. Graduate of Reed College and Columbia University’s School of the Arts. He is an alumnus of New Dramatists.
