The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters

Praise for
The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters
    “Furiously entertaining … utterly succeeds … thrilling.”
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Boston Globe
    “Sometimes books, like cakes, can be built upon recipes. In the case of
The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters
by Gordon Dahlquist, that would be one part history, two parts fantasy, three parts deft plotting and skilled narrative, and about 17 heaping cupfuls of suspense … and the result is one marvelous confection of a book … which serves to keep the reader from doing anything else but, well, read. It makes Dahlquist’s tome seem infinitely shorter than it is. I … found that it took only three days to finish. The newest Harry Potter took me four. Make of that what you will.”
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Philadelphia Inquirer
    “This is a plump English tea cake of a book: messy, studded with treats, too big and too rich to finish in just one sitting.”
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Entertainment Weekly
    “A combination of science fiction, dark fantasy, thriller and gothic horror, this novel is as flat-out fun, engaging and funny as any tale of mystery and imagination I can recall.… The dialogue is wry, the descriptions clever and the complicated plot advances as smoothly as a patrician’s pocket watch.… At more than 700 pages, this one ends too quickly.”
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
    “
The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters
has a clever conceit with a foundation of literature as fantasy.… Dahlquist may have created a literary character in Miss Temple, whose resolve to be of one mind between dream and reality also holds the book together.”
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Kansas City Star
    “Carr[ies] the reader on a mind-twisting odyssey …
The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters
is sweeping, highly original and absorbing … well worth the investment.”
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Dallas Morning News
    “Fantastic … I was in seventh heaven … somewhere between Dickens, Sherlock Holmes and Rider Haggard.”
    —Kate Mosse, author of
Labyrinth
    “A kinky, atmospheric look at Victorian England.”
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Washington Post
    “Oh, this guy is goo-ood! 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, author of
Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade
    “
The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters
is a big, fat, rich-as-whipped-cream, tart-as-balsamic-vinegar novel that begins like an old-fashioned romance and turns into a wildly imaginative near fantasy with more than a little violence and a climax that will knock your socks off—and promise a sequel, too.… [Dahlquist is] fiction’s new golden boy—he really is a richly talented storyteller with a terrific gift for offbeat but recognizable and wonderfully likable characters.… The writing is as chewy and delicious as a nougat, the story gains speed with every page … and the whole reading experience is (as I seem driven to say) as satisfying as a feast.”
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Sullivan County Democrat
    “Sometimes sly, other times full-frontally in your face, the author’s inventive detail beggars inventory.… A marvelous revival of old-fashioned theatrical melodrama with some contemporary zip … As a storyteller he’s awfully good.… The author imparts to the book a tremendous amount of energy.… Builds to a smashing climax … A major confection with serious undertow.”
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Locus
    “An immersing and stimulating experience … Set against a backdrop of an unfolding mystery and plenty of action: gun play, sword fights, good old-fashioned brawling. It makes for a fun read.… Make no mistake:
The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters
is a remarkable achievement of imagination and stellar writing. Dahlquist never once breaks from the Victorian-era style, often to great effect, and his descriptions and conversations will delight readers who enjoy charm and subtlety.”
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Tampa Tribune
    “Dahlquist introduces so many characters, props and plot twists, near-death experiences and narrow escapes that the novel has the feel of a frantic R-rated classic comic book—if comics were arch.”
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Publishers Weekly
    “Quite an adventure.”
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Kirkus Reviews
    “Brimming with atmosphere …
The Glass Books
has the potential to become a cult novel, along the lines of Katherine Neville’s brilliant
The Eight.… Glass Books
reaches a perfect momentum at the novel’s beginning and the surprising, action-packed end.”
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South Florida