Book 1

Ink, Iron, and Glass

by Gwendolyn Clare

Published 20 February 2018
The rich world of The Clockwork Prince meets the political turmoil of The Eyre Affair.

As a prodigy in the science of scriptology, Elsa can write new worlds into creation. She lives in one such world called Veldana. When her mother is abducted, Elsa follows her trail into the real world, where she must recruit the help of a secret society of fellow 'mad' geniuses who are similarly gifted in powers of mechanics and alchemy. Here, she meets Leo, a mechanist with a smart mouth and a tragic past.

With Leo's help, she unveils a political conspiracy with her own family at the center. Her mother's most valuable and secret creation, a scriptology book with the power to edit the real world, is also missing, and Elsa must find it and her mother before her enemies do.

Book 2

Mist, Metal, and Ash

by Gwendolyn Clare

Published 19 February 2019
The sequel to Ink, Iron, and Glass, which Kirkus’s starred review called “exciting and original,” Mist, Metal, and Ash stars Elsa - a genius gifted with the ability to create new worlds by writing their descriptions in specially crafted “worldbooks.”

Now Elsa’s in a race to find a special worldbook that can alter the Earth itself . . . or destroy it. To retrieve this ultimate weapon, Elsa will have to become a double agent, leaving her friends behind. She’ll also have to face her greatest weakness: the handsome, brilliant boy who betrayed her.

The first book in the duology, Ink, Iron, and Glass, received two starred reviews!