Glass Books of the Dream Eaters

Glass Books of the Dream Eaters

Illustration By Dave McKean

Dust jacket by Dave McKean

Subterranean Press is proud to announce the limited edition of one of the finest literary fantasies of the last decade!

Across an unnamed city, an heiress, a killer, and a spy forge an unlikely alliance against a vicious conspiracy in a scrupulously realized Victorian world.

Seething with danger, terror, eroticism and romance, The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters is an exuberant return to the classic -- and classically lurid -- Penny Dreadfuls of the 19th century, where murders, seductions, airships, secret societies, alchemical science, and insidious rituals all play a part in this epic adventure.

Miss Celeste Temple has sailed from her plantation home in the West Indies to find a husband, but when her fiancee of three months breaks their engagement without explanation, she is determined to discover why.

Cardinal Chang, a mercenary for hire, is engaged to murder a military officer newly posted to the Palace, only to find someone else has done the job before him, leaving Chang to take the blame.

Captain-Surgeon Abelard Svenson, specially attached to the diplomatic party of the irresponsible Crown Prince of Macklenburg to guard against scandal, finds his charge first implicated in sinister debaucheries and then vanished altogether.

Together the three join forces against a ruthless cabal wielding mind-control, blackmail, temptation, and a mysterious blue glass that holds the power to entrap memory itself, however luscious or terrible.

Limited: 500 signed numbered copies
Lettered: 15 signed copies housed in a custom traycase

Collector's Note: There will be a sequel to The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters, and, if we can secure the rights, those who own Glass Books will have rights of first refusal on the subsequent volume.

artists_list:
Dave McKean
authors_list:
Gordon Dahlquist
book_case:
None
book_length:
637 pages
book_type:
Novel
country_of_manufacturer:
United States
isbn:
978-1-59606-105-7
is_subpress:
Yes
print_status:
Out of Print
year:
2007