Dread Brass Shadows
core novel 1990 Garrett P.I.
Record
| First published | 1990 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.09 (2,901 ratings, collected 2026-09-12) |
| Page count | 304 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780451450081 |
| Internal chronology | 5 |
Synopsis
In Dread Brass Shadows, the fifth Garrett P.I. novel, Garrett's on-and-off girlfriend Tinnie Tate is attacked in the street in a case of mistaken identity, an incident that draws Garrett into a hunt for a legendary magical artifact known as the Book of Shadows, or the Book of Dreams, which is said to let its owner assume any of a hundred different identities along with their abilities. Garrett takes on a young woman named Carla Lindo Ramada as a client, her resemblance to Tinnie explaining why the attack happened, and finds himself competing against a bounty hunter named Winger, dwarf factions, a witch, and the crime lord Chodo Contague, all pursuing the book for their own ends.
Where it sits
- Universe: Garrett P.I.
- Series: Garrett P.I. core; position 5 of 14 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Glen Cook
Notes
- From the series record (Garrett P.I.): Core Canon = the 14-novel main sequence. Fourteen books were originally published one at a time from 1987 to 2013; omnibus reissues of groups of three exist but add no new content and are not catalogued separately.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Garrett P.I.: position 5 of 14: previous Old Tin Sorrows (1989) · next Red Iron Nights (1991)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Garrett P.I.
- OrderOfBooks.com: Garrett P.I.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dread_Brass_Shadows
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