The Glass Sentence
core novel 2014 The Mapmakers Trilogy
Record
| First published | 2014 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.83 (7,515 ratings, collected 2026-11-02) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780670785025 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
In Boston in 1891, the world is still divided by the Great Disruption of 1799, which broke it into regions that live in different eras: some in the past, some in the present, some in the future. Sophia Tims has grown up in the care of her uncle Shadrack, a cartologer who draws maps from glass, metal and other materials. When Shadrack is kidnapped, Sophia sets out to find him. She is joined by Theo, a refugee from the West, and together they cross rough country and uncharted ocean, moving from one time to another. The maps they carry can only be read with the help of strange gifts, and someone else is after them.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Mapmakers Trilogy
- Series: The Mapmakers Trilogy core; position 1 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: S. E. Grove
Notes
- From the series record (The Mapmakers Trilogy): Sophia Tims searches an alternate 1890s America, split into different eras, for her kidnapped uncle and missing parents.
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 The Mapmakers Trilogy: position 1 of 3: next The Golden Specific (2015)
Sources
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