RAVES FOR THE GLASS SENTENCE A National Indie Bestseller A Summer/Fall 2014 Indies Introduce New Voices Selection A Kids' Indie Next Top Ten Book A Publisher Weekly Flying Start A Washington Post Summer Book Club Pick A Junior Library Guild Selection One of Publishers Weekly's Best Summer Reads An Amazon Editor's Pick, Summer 2014 STAR "Brilliant in concept, breathtaking in scale and stellar in its worldbuilding; this is a world never before seen in fiction . . . Wholly original and marvelous beyond compare."--Kirkus Reviews, starred review STAR "A thrilling, time-bending debut . . . It's a cracking adventure, and Grove bolsters the action with commentary on xenophobia and government for hire, as well as a fascinating system of map magic."--Publishers Weekly, starred review STAR "A mind-blowing debut . . . The bookmaking behind this first novel is as elegant as the maps within it." --Shelf Awareness, starred review "I loved it! It's filled with fabulous, interesting ideas. Amazing!"--Nancy Pearl, NPR "I am in no doubt about the energy of S. E. Grove as a full-fledged, pathfinding fantasist. The Glass Sentence is named "Book 1." I look forward to the next installment to place upon the pile. Intensely." --Gregory Maguire, The New York Times "A page-turner .  . So imaginative."--Meghan Cox Gurdon, The Wall Street Journal "Not since Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass have I seen such an original and compelling world built inside a book."--Megan Whalen Turner, New York Times best-selling author of A Conspiracy of Kings "Absolutely marvelous [and] completely original. I love this book."--Nancy Farmer, National Book Award-winning author of The House of the Scorpion "Exuberantly imagined [and] exquisite."--Elizabeth Wein, New York Times best-selling author of Code Name Verity Excerpted from The Golden Specific by S. E. Grove All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.