Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Breaking the Spine, and is a fun way to share upcoming books that you’re excited about with other bloggers and readers.
Steven Savile is a new-to-me author, but I was immediately drawn to the beautiful cover of his latest:
A brilliantly rendered story about obsession and one man’s attempt to unravel the mystery that destroyed his grandfather’s life, set against a magical and intricately woven cityscape. Steven Savile has been an international sensation, selling over half a million copies of his novels worldwide and writing for cult favorite television shows including Doctor Who, Torchwood, and Stargate. Now, he is finally making his US debut with Glass Town, a brilliantly composed novel revolving around the magic and mystery lurking in London.
In 1926, two brothers both loved Eleanor Raines, a promising young actress from the East End of London. But, along with Seth Lockwood, she disappeared, never to be seen again. Isaiah, Seth’s younger brother, refused to accept that she was just gone.
It has been seventy years since and the brothers are long dead. But now their dark, twisted secret, threatens to tear the city apart. Seth made a bargain with Damiola, an illusionist, to make a life-size version of his most famous trick, and hide away part of London to act as a prison out of sync with our time, where one year passes as one hundred. That illusion is Glass Town. And now its walls are failing.
Reminiscent of Clive Barker’s Weaveworld and Neil Gaiman’s American Gods, Savile brings out the magic in the everyday. Glass Town is full of gritty urban landscapes, realistic characters, conflict, secrets, betrayals, magic, and mystery.
Glass Town by Steven Savile releases in April 2017 from Thomas Dunne Books. Wow, April! So far away:-( I don’t know about you, but anyone who has written for Torchwood is an author I definitely want to read! I love fantasies that center around cities, so there’s no way I’m missing this book. Plus, lovely cover:-)
Have you heard of this book? Let me know what you’re waiting on!
That cover is stunning! I would be tempted just by that but the book itself sounds great too 🙂 I absolutely love stories about London and alternate versions so this is going straight onto the wishlist!
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This sounds really good, and the cover is so eye-catching! 2017 though!!
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Love the cover and sounds really interesting but that’s just cruel…posting a book with such a long wait! – haha.
Barb(boxermommyreads) recently posted…Waiting on Wednesday (61)
You just made my day. Sadly yes, 2017… It was originally meant to be out in October, but the publishing schedule changed. But you’re awesome for this.
I will wait patiently for this book. If anything like your other ones it is definitely worth the wait.
I was a huge fan of Torchwood so I am interested to see how twisted this book gets (cause really Torchwood was twisty)
The book sounds really great. But 2017 🙁 so far away.
My WoW:
http://thesmartbookclub.blogspot.com/2016/06/waiting-on-wednesday-this-savage-song.html
Wow this one sounds fascinating. And anything being compared to Clive Barker and/or Neil Gaiman is worth a closer look. Great pick!
Bonnie @ For the Love of Words recently posted…Waiting on Wednesday – Dead Little Mean Girl by Eva Darrows
A definite must read for me. Thanks so much for the heads up. Hope you enjoy this book!
Renee ~ My Wow
Haven’t heard of this one before, sounds interesting!
Lisa @TenaciousReader recently posted…Waiting on Wednesday – Good Morning, Midnight by Lily Brooks-Dalton
This looks great. Great cover. Going on my wishlist. Hope you enjoy it and have a great week.
I LOVE this book’s cover! I’d not seen it before this post, so thank you for that. 😀 I generally avoid books set in the 1900s! I don’t even know why, I just automatically shy away from them. This one seems intense and very intriguing. I hope you enjoy this book when you get the chance to read it!
Thanks for visiting my blog! Have a lovely week, Tammy. =)
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Hi there – just a note, it’s not set in the 1900s, it’s set today. The core of the mystery dates back to the early days of cinema, but all of the action is set right here, right now. Hope that helps clear up any confusion. And thanks for the kind words.
Thanks Steven!
Haven’t heard of this one, but man! That cover is great! Hope you can get your hands on it soon. You can check out my WOW in the link below!
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I put this one on my list too, though I admit most of my initial attraction to it was due to that psychedelic cover, lol. I do love the sound of it though, looking forward to checking out the reviews when it comes out 🙂
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Oh!! Intriguing! Here’s my WoW if you’d like to stop by my blog.
That is a gorgeous cover! And I second your wow for the April 2017 release date. That’s incredibly far away. I’m impressed they already have a cover out for it.
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I hope they don’t change it before pub day:-)
I had a bunch of cover concepts to choose from – picked this one and regretted it immediately hah but you’ve all gone a long way to confirming my initial bias. The other favourite I had was very different, white, with a wispy blue smoke woman drifting out of the background of London. It was much more ‘serious literature’ as a cover, quite beautiful but I think gave the wrong impression.
I think I mentioned why it’s taking so long to come out (I finished it 12 months ago) was that there’s been lots of editorial reshuffles and changes within St Martins, Thomas Dunne recently went into semi-retirement and instead of coming out this October in a rush we decided that the smart move was to push it back to April where it could be given time to get out properly via blogs etc.
I’ve actually got a crime novel coming from Titan in January, Parallel Lines, which was written after Glass Town that is coming out first. The good news though is I’m almost finished with Coldfall Wood, which is a second novel in the same universe as Glass Town (but both are complete stand alones not a series) so hopefully if you enjoy it you won’t have to wait so long for the next one.
Thanks for the info, Steven! I had heard that about Thomas Dunne, which is sad because so many of the books I love come from that imprint. Fingers crossed the cover remains until April;-)