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A Shadow On The Glass

A Shadow On The Glass

Book 1: The View from the Mirror

His voice is his magic, his memory is his strength – and ambition is his doom …

Llian, a brilliant Tale-spinner but inept at everyday life, uncovers a 3,000-year-old mystery too dangerous to be revealed and is expelled from his college.

Karan, a sensitive whose family is cursed by madness, is compelled by honour to steal an ancient magical device and take it to the Magister, in Thurkad. But it’s the treacherous Mirror of Aachan, and hidden within it is a deadly secret.

Thrown together by fate as they struggle to reach Thurkad, Karan and Llian are snared in the machinations of immortals, the vengeance of feuding warlords and the magic of all-powerful sorcerers. Magic that could break Karan’s fragile mind, and corrupt Llian as he pries into the riddles of the mirror.

And if they fail the Twisted Mirror will spark a millennial war, terrible as a tsunami, that will deluge the land in banned magic, tear nations apart, and crush all the little people in its path.

Available in hardcover, paperback, audiobook and ebook editions.

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What people are saying...

“Ian Irvine is a great find! He writes beautifully about a vast and intricate world that seems utterly real. His characters are as well drawn as any I’ve come across in fantasy. Best of all, none of them are quite what they seem when first introduced: no white hats, no black hats. I found them refreshing, complicated, and compelling.”

– Kate Elliott, author of King’s Dragon

“As good as anything I have read in the fantasy genre.”

– Adelaide Advertiser

“Irvine has built a history and wonderful culture for his vivid world. His first novel vibrates with originality.”

– The West Australian

Honors
  • Shortlisted for the Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novel, 1998
  • Listed in Sciencefiction.com’s Best of 2001
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