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9781250077837 English 1250077834 Obsession runs a century deep in the Lockwood family. Now their dark, twisted secret, threatens to tear the city apt. In 1926 two brothers loved the same woman, Eleanor Raines, a promising young actress from the East End of London with The Look and the world at her feet. Eleanor never became the household name her beauty deserved, though for years everyone knew her name. Along with Seth Lockwood she disappeared during the shooting of Alfred Hitchcock's first - unfinished - movie, never to be seen again. Isaiah, Seth's younger brother, refused to accept that she was just gone. He tore the city apart looking for them, his love turning into a much darker obsession that consumed his life. Glass Town lies at the heart of it all, wherever and whatever Glass Town is. The Lockwoods were no ordinary family. Seth ruled the East End. He was one of London's first true gangsters. He was a brutal man more than capable of murder. It has been seventy years since the police officially gave up on the search for Eleanor, though her case was never officially closed, and the brothers are long dead. But now their dark, twisted secret, threatens to tear the city apart. Glass Town is a story about possession and obsession. Isaiah Lockwood, being so obsessed with Eleanor changes his name to Raines, dividing the family, and dedicates his entire life to trying to prove that his brother Seth was behind her murder. Seth made a bargain with Damiola, an illusionist, to make a life size version of his most famous trick, and hide away part of London to act as a prison out of sync with our time, where one year passes as one hundred. That illusion is Glass Town. And now its walls are failing. The war between the Lockwoods and Raines rages on today as Josh Raines, Isaiah's great grandson, falls down the same rabbit hole of obsession that destroyed Isaiah's life, inheriting decades of research into Eleanor's disappearance, a death bed confession from the old man that he saw Eleanor once, almost sixty years after she disappeared, and she hadn't aged a day, and the plea to find a way into Glass Town and save her. Josh walks out of his grandfather's funeral and into a world of smoke and mirrors where the magic of the old silent movies has come to life..., Steven Savile has been an international sensation, selling over half a million copies of his novels worldwide and writing for cult favorite television shows including Doctor Who , Torchwood , and Stargate . Now, he is finally making his US debut with Glass Town , a brilliantly composed novel revolving around the magic and mystery lurking in London. In 1926 two brothers both loved Eleanor Raines, a promising young actress from the East End of London. But, along with Seth Lockwood she disappeared, never to be seen again. Isaiah, Seth's younger brother, refused to accept that she was just gone. It has been seventy years since and the brothers are long dead. But now their dark, twisted secret, threatens to tear the city apart. Seth made a bargain with Damiola, an illusionist, to make a life size version of his most famous trick, and hide away part of London to act as a prison out of sync with our time, where one year passes as one hundred. That illusion is Glass Town. And now its walls are failing. Reminiscent of Clive Barker's Weaveworld and Neil Gaiman's American Gods , Savile brings out the magic in the everyday. Glass Town is full of gritty urban landscapes, real people, conflict, secrets, betrays, magic and mystery.
9781250077837 English 1250077834 Obsession runs a century deep in the Lockwood family. Now their dark, twisted secret, threatens to tear the city apt. In 1926 two brothers loved the same woman, Eleanor Raines, a promising young actress from the East End of London with The Look and the world at her feet. Eleanor never became the household name her beauty deserved, though for years everyone knew her name. Along with Seth Lockwood she disappeared during the shooting of Alfred Hitchcock's first - unfinished - movie, never to be seen again. Isaiah, Seth's younger brother, refused to accept that she was just gone. He tore the city apart looking for them, his love turning into a much darker obsession that consumed his life. Glass Town lies at the heart of it all, wherever and whatever Glass Town is. The Lockwoods were no ordinary family. Seth ruled the East End. He was one of London's first true gangsters. He was a brutal man more than capable of murder. It has been seventy years since the police officially gave up on the search for Eleanor, though her case was never officially closed, and the brothers are long dead. But now their dark, twisted secret, threatens to tear the city apart. Glass Town is a story about possession and obsession. Isaiah Lockwood, being so obsessed with Eleanor changes his name to Raines, dividing the family, and dedicates his entire life to trying to prove that his brother Seth was behind her murder. Seth made a bargain with Damiola, an illusionist, to make a life size version of his most famous trick, and hide away part of London to act as a prison out of sync with our time, where one year passes as one hundred. That illusion is Glass Town. And now its walls are failing. The war between the Lockwoods and Raines rages on today as Josh Raines, Isaiah's great grandson, falls down the same rabbit hole of obsession that destroyed Isaiah's life, inheriting decades of research into Eleanor's disappearance, a death bed confession from the old man that he saw Eleanor once, almost sixty years after she disappeared, and she hadn't aged a day, and the plea to find a way into Glass Town and save her. Josh walks out of his grandfather's funeral and into a world of smoke and mirrors where the magic of the old silent movies has come to life..., Steven Savile has been an international sensation, selling over half a million copies of his novels worldwide and writing for cult favorite television shows including Doctor Who , Torchwood , and Stargate . Now, he is finally making his US debut with Glass Town , a brilliantly composed novel revolving around the magic and mystery lurking in London. In 1926 two brothers both loved Eleanor Raines, a promising young actress from the East End of London. But, along with Seth Lockwood she disappeared, never to be seen again. Isaiah, Seth's younger brother, refused to accept that she was just gone. It has been seventy years since and the brothers are long dead. But now their dark, twisted secret, threatens to tear the city apart. Seth made a bargain with Damiola, an illusionist, to make a life size version of his most famous trick, and hide away part of London to act as a prison out of sync with our time, where one year passes as one hundred. That illusion is Glass Town. And now its walls are failing. Reminiscent of Clive Barker's Weaveworld and Neil Gaiman's American Gods , Savile brings out the magic in the everyday. Glass Town is full of gritty urban landscapes, real people, conflict, secrets, betrays, magic and mystery.