The Glass God

core novel 2013 Matthew Swift

Record

First published	2013
Original language	EN
Work type	novel
Canon status	core
Reader rating	4.16 (1,326 ratings, collected 2026-10-24)
First-edition ISBN	9780356500652
Internal chronology	2

Synopsis

Sharon Li: apprentice shaman and community support officer for the magically inclined. It was not the career Sharon had in mind, but she is getting used to running Magicals Anonymous and learning how to Be One With The City. When the Midnight Mayor goes missing, leaving only a suspiciously innocent-looking umbrella behind him, Sharon finds herself promoted, and her first task is to find the Midnight Mayor. The only clues she has are a city dryad's cryptic warning and several pairs of abandoned shoes; suddenly, Sharon's job feels a whole lot harder. The sequel to Stray Souls, which Publishers Weekly, in a starred review, said lifted Griffin's second magical London series above the urban fantasy crowd.

Where it sits

• Universe: Matthew Swift
• Series: Magicals Anonymous core; position 2 of 2 in the series' recorded order
• Author: Kate Griffin

Notes

• From the series record (Magicals Anonymous): Sharon Li, shaman, and her self-help group for the magically challenged, in Matthew Swift's London.

Neighbouring works

Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.

• Publication order, within the series Magicals Anonymous: position 2 of 2: previous Stray Souls (2012)
• Internal chronology, within Matthew Swift: position 4 of 6: previous The Midnight Mayor (2010) · next The Neon Court (2011)

Sources

• Hachette India (Orbit edition record and description)
• Hachette Australia (Orbit description)
• Hachette UK (Orbit description)
• Hachette Book Group (praise for the series)
• The Qwillery (review)

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