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The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters (Chapter 1 Temple)

The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters (Chapter 1 Temple)

Summary

Embark upon an adventure like no other in a Dickensian style ebook serialisation of the fantastical The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters by G.W. Dahlquist.

A SPY. A KILLER. AN IMPOSTER.THREE EXTRAORDINARY HEROES. ONE UNIQUE NOVEL.
Three most-unlikely but nevertheless extraordinary heroes become inadvertently involved in the diabolical machinations of a cabal bent upon enslaving thousands through a devilish 'process':

Miss Temple is a feisty young woman with corkscrew curls who wishes only to learn why her fiancé Roger broke off their engagement ...
Cardinal Chang was asked to kill a man, but finding his quarry already dead he is determined to learn who beat him to it and why ...
Dr Svenson is chaperone to a dissolute Prince who has become involved with some most unsavoury individuals ...

An adventure like no other, in a mysterious city few have travelled to, featuring a heroine and two heroes you will never ever forget. . .

'If HBO are looking for a project to follow Game of Thrones, they need seek no further . . . an epic' Scotsman

'Fantastic. Somewhere between Dickens, Sherlock Holmes and Rider Haggard. I was in seventh heaven' Kate Mosse, author of Labyrinth

G. W. Dahlquist is a novelist and playwright. When he fell asleep during a snowstorm, his first book The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters came to him in a dream. He is the author of the acclaimed The Dark Volume and The Chemickal Marriage. Originally from the Pacific Northwest, he now lives in New York.

Reviews

  • Fantastic. Somewhere between Dickens, Sherlock Holmes and Rider Haggard. I was in seventh heaven
    Kate Mosse author of Labyrinth

About the author

G.W. Dahlquist

G. W. Dahlquist is a novelist and playwright. When he fell asleep during a snowstorm, his first book The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters came to him in a dream. He is the author of the acclaimed The Dark Volume and The Chemickal Marriage. Originally from the Pacific Northwest, he now lives in New York.
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