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The Saint of Hollow Glass

Linne Ann Spencer

In the kingdom of Aurelune, glass remembers what kings would rather forget. Mara Vey has built a reputation for exposing false miracles—a talent that has left the gifted stained-glass restorer disgraced, impoverished, and unwelcome in respectable circles. When a royal commission offers her a fortune to repair an ancient chapel before a coronation, she accepts despite the warnings. But Aurelune wears its dead in glass and keeps its royal history behind locked doors. Within a damaged window depicting a legendary queen, Mara discovers something impossible: a prince imprisoned inside the glass. Accused of murdering his brother, he warns her not to finish the work she was hired to do. As Mara investigates, missing records and forbidden names reveal a centuries-old bargain sustained by blood, silence, and the deliberate rewriting of history. Her own inheritance may grant her access to its mechanisms—but knowing how to open them is not the same as knowing what should be released. With the crown demanding restoration and the prisoner demanding freedom, Mara must decide what can be preserved, what must be exposed, and what should never be made whole again. The Saint of Hollow Glass is a gothic fantasy of forbidden knowledge, dangerous loyalties, and the cost of preserving something beautiful when its foundations are built upon atrocity.

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Published at: 1791921026
Title: The Saint of Hollow Glass
Author: Linne Ann Spencer
Type: book
Version: 1. edition
Published on: 2026-10-13
Published by: Experimental Publishing
Summary: In the kingdom of Aurelune, glass remembers what kings would rather forget. Mara Vey has built a reputation for exposing false miracles—a talent that has left the gifted stained-glass restorer disgraced, impoverished, and unwelcome in respectable circles. When a royal commission offers her a fortune to repair an ancient chapel before a coronation, she accepts despite the warnings. But Aurelune wears its dead in glass and keeps its royal history behind locked doors. Within a damaged window depicting a legendary queen, Mara discovers something impossible: a prince imprisoned inside the glass. Accused of murdering his brother, he warns her not to finish the work she was hired to do. As Mara investigates, missing records and forbidden names reveal a centuries-old bargain sustained by blood, silence, and the deliberate rewriting of history. Her own inheritance may grant her access to its mechanisms—but knowing how to open them is not the same as knowing what should be released. With the crown demanding restoration and the prisoner demanding freedom, Mara must decide what can be preserved, what must be exposed, and what should never be made whole again. The Saint of Hollow Glass is a gothic fantasy of forbidden knowledge, dangerous loyalties, and the cost of preserving something beautiful when its foundations are built upon atrocity.
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Topic: gothic
Topic: fantasy
T: the-saint-of-hollow-glass
N: linne-ann-spencer

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