The Glass Republic: The Skyscraper Throne Book 2 (Skyscraper Throne, #2)

by Tom Pollock

'Marks the appearance of a powerful new imagination in SF' Guardian

In the gripping sequel to The City's Son, Pen returns to London-Under-Glass when her mirror sister - and biggest secret - is abducted. Perfect for fans of Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere.

Pen's life is all about secrets: the secret of the city's spirits, deities and monsters that live just beyond notice, the secret of how she got the intricate scars that disfigure her so cruelly - and the most closely guarded secret of all: Parva, her mirror-sister, forged from her reflection in a school bathroom mirror and the only person who really understands her.

When Parva is abducted, Pen is forced to make a terrible bargain for the means to track her down, for in London-Under-Glass, looks are currency, and Pen's scars make her a rare and valuable commodity. Kept company by the pretty and fierce steeplejill, Espel, Pen isn't completely alone, but some in the reflected city will do anything to keep her from the secret of what happened to the sister who shared her face.

The Glass Republic is the gripping sequel to The City's Son, and the second book of The Skyscraper Throne trilogy.

• ISBN10: 1780870108
• ISBN13: 9781780870106
• Publish Date: 1 August 2013
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 1 March 2017
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Quercus Publishing
• Imprint: Jo Fletcher Books
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 448
• Language: English

Reviews

[wyvernfriend]

Didn't quite catch me like the first book but interesting bridge novel as the consequences from the last story start catching up with the characters in this. Interested to know what happens next to Pen and Beth. Pen has to deal with her scars in this world and when her mirror self goes missing in the mirror world she trades to go there to investigate and finds that her scars makes her beautiful in this world.

Interesting and look forward to the next.