ISBN: 1786696916 9781786696915

Category: Fiction / Fantasy / Action & Adventure

Page count: 512

<b>'Best described as George R.R. Martin meets H.P. Lovecraft, <i>The Glass Breaks</i> is a fine example of British fantasy writing at its most entertaining' <i>Guardian</i></b><br>A MAN OF THE DAWN CLAW WILL BE THE ALWAYS KING.<br>It will ever be so. They will always rule... but they will not always lead.Prince Oliver Dawn Claw, heir to the Kingdom of the Four Claws, is thrust into a world he doesn't understand as he waits for his father to die. Away from home, with few allies – and too many enemies – he faces a new and otherworldly threat from beneath the sea. Alliances break and masks fall, as the Dark Brethren reveal their true master.<br><br>Meanwhile, Adeline Brand – called the Alpha Wolf – refuses to wait, and becomes the edge of the sword that swings back at the Dreaming God. Assembling allies and crushing resistance, she enters a fight she doesn't know if she can win, as the sea begins to rise.<br>PRAISE FOR A.J. SMITH:<br><b>'An epic feat of world-building from one of British fantasy's most innovative voices' <i>Bookseller</i></b><br><br><b>'British fantasy writing at its most entertaining' <i>Guardian</i></b><br><br><b>'Interesting and enticing, deftly sidesteps fantasy cliché and thrusts you towards the next installment' <i>SFX</i></b>