Today, we are happy to be hosting the US cover reveal for Tom Pollock’s The Glass Republic, the sequel to The City’s Son (one of Ana’s Notable Reads of 2012) and a highly anticipated read for 2013.
Behold! The Smugglerific Cover (and summary)!
THE SMUGGLERIFIC COVER:
THE SUMMARY:
Pen’s life is all about secrets: the secret of the city’s spirits, deities and monsters her best friend Beth discovered, living just beyond the notice of modern Londoners; the secret of how she got the intricate scars that disfigure her so cruelly – and the most closely guarded secret of all: Parva, her mirror-sister, forged from her reflections in a school bathroom mirror. Pen’s reflected twin is the only girl who really understands her.
Then Parva is abducted and Pen makes a terrible bargain for the means to track her down. In London-Under-Glass looks are currency, and Pen’s scars make her a rare and valuable commodity. But some in the reflected city will do anything to keep Pen from the secret of what happened to the sister who shared her face.
THOUGHTS FROM TOM:
“If you’ve not met her already, let me introduce you to Pen.
For an ordinary girl from a nice British Pakistani family, Pen’s been through a lot in the last few months. She was kidnapped by a barbed wire demon, rode at the head of an army of scaffolding wolves and fought in a war against a demolition god, all in the name of her best friend.
Now back at school, she wears the scars of that war on her face, and the only person who knows what that’s like is her mirror-sister Parva: a doppleganger who only exists in London-Under-Glass, the city of London’s reflections. Parva’s her own person, but she shares all of Pen’s memories and she understands.
When Parva goes missing, Pen ventures into London-Under-Glass to find her. It’s a strange city, where it rains brick and concrete as well as water, where beauty is currency and a well-turned eyebrow is worth killing for, a city dominated by the dangerous politics of the Mirrorstocracy.
At its heart though, this story’s about something very simple, the search of a scarred, scared, brave girl for the soul in all the worlds that’s closest to her own. I really hope you enjoy it.”
THE GIVEAWAY:
We are giving away one US Hardback copy of City’s Son (to be delivered immediately) AND a US ARC of The Glass Republic (to be delivered when available – likely May) to a lucky winner! The giveaway is open to ALL and to enter, use the form below. The contest will run until Saturday January 19 2013 at 12:00 AM (EST). Good luck!
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A cover with a girl wearing a hijab?! WICKED AWESOME.
Ackkk this is so awesome!!
Oh my gosh, this looks SO SO GOOD. It’s so refreshing and exciting not only to see a FANTASY story whose main character is a POC, but wherein the focal relationship is a FRIENDSHIP. I need this book in my life. <3
I’ve been meaning to get to The City’s Son but this looks like the perfect opportunity to! The cover looks pretty neat.
OMG squeal. A badass hijabi on the cover? Great job!
London under glass does sound like a fascinating world.
EEEP! I love the cover. You don’t see a teen hijabi on a YA cover everyday!
I really hope the British cover will be as brave. Such a lovely guy Tom is too!
I love the cover. I only wish I had it last year for some of my students.
Oh!!!!! The first book in this series was so brilliant! And the next one sounds so good, too…
I adored The City’s Son and that cover looks amazing!
Sounds like a great read. Great cover too.
Heard great things about The City’s Son, would love to get my hands on it AND the sequel!
I’ve never heard of these books before, but they look good.
Great cover and The City’s Son sounded like a great read as does this.
Love the cover! A nice kick in the balls to the whitewashing fans.
So excited for this sequel! Love the cover.
Yes, I loved this novel and I cannot wait for a story from inside Pen’s head!
Looks like an interesting book.
Really enjoyed The City’s Son…can’t wait to dig into this one!!!
Love the premise of these books, very awesome
Oooo! Am midway through THE CITY’S SON. So, so good!
Yay for a book with a female friendship! There are FAR too few of those.
I got City’s Son for Christmas and cannot wait for the sequel! Also, I appreciate the accurate looking cover, not enough of those…
I love the cover!!! It ‘s the first time a see a girl wearing a hijab on a book cover.
Fantastic cover I loved the first book (I think it might be my favourite book of 2012) and I cannot wait to read the second Thanks for making this giveaway available to all
Wow, this looks cool. I love the hijab!
I’d like to echo the excitement to read a book where friendship is the focus rather than true love!
I just got The City’s Son from the library and I was planning on spending the weekend with it. It would be dope to get an ARC of the sequel.
Ooh, a sequel to The City’s Son! I love urban magic.
Fab!
The first book has been on my TBR wish list since I saw it in the store. I’d love to read both of the books. They look amazing
Looks and sounds interesting to say the least.
Honestly, while I thought both the covers for the first book looked intriguing, I wasn’t quite sure it was for me. But this cover is so interesting it makes me immediately want to grab the book and browse through it.
These books look great! They are definitely going on my “to read” list.
I’ve already been drooling over The City Son and wanting, but this has me even more intrigued by this world. Scars and mirrors and such unique stuff!
Just gonna quote Phoebe here:
A cover with a girl wearing a hijab?! WICKED AWESOME.
The City Son has been on my tbr list for a while. It would be lovely to get a chance to win a copy.
This cover has such an interesting look to it! Can’t wait to read this series!
Wow — could that cover be more different than City’s Son?? That first cover screamed urban fantasy, but this one looks a bit more down to earth. Of course, we shouldn’t judge books by their covers, but you know we all secretly do!
Eh, it’s Tom Pollock, so who gives a crap about the cover anyway, since we all know it’s going to be awesome.
thanks for the giveaway, would love to start reading the series
This sounds really interesting. I really enjoy the cover of The Glass Republic.
I’m reading City’s Son right now! EEE!
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I am adding the first book on my list to “maybe” read (“maybe” because it’s a “to read” list but with that many titles on it, any title de facto becomes a maybe).
I would love to read this
This sounds neat. In some ways the concept of London-under-glass is reminding me of Neverwhere and A Face Like Glass. Added to Mount TBR.
I loved the first book and I’m fascinated to see what London Under Glass will be like – very excited. Plus the cover looks great!
This looks like a really neat series! And I’m always up for reading a book set in London…
Okay, I’ll admit it: I still haven’t read The City’s Son, but it’s certainly on my must read list to hit soon. I’ve heard such good things from so many people, and the sequel looks fantastic! Huzzah for PoC features on covers.
ooh!! This sounds amazing — I’m shooting over to mark it as to-read on Goodreads asap! xo leanna