A Face Like Glass
Introduction
In the underground city of Caverna the world's most skilled craftsmen toil in the darkness to create delicacies beyond compare – wines that can remove memories, cheeses that can make you hallucinate and perfumes that convince you to trust the wearer, even as they slit your throat. The people of Caverna are more ordinary, but for one thing: their faces are as blank as untouched snow. Expressions must be learned, and only the famous Facesmiths can teach a person to show (or fake) joy, despair or fear – at a price.
Into this dark and distrustful world comes Neverfell, a little girl with no memory of her past and a face so terrifying to those around her that she must wear a mask at all times. For Neverfell's emotions are as obvious on her face as those of the most skilled Facesmiths, though entirely genuine. And that makes her very dangerous indeed…
Buy A Face Like Glass via Hive.co.uk
Buy A Face Like Glass from Amazon.co.uk
Buy A Face Like Glass (Kindle edition) from Amazon.com
Buy A Face Like Glass (print copy) from The Book Depository (delivered worldwide)
This website and its contents copyright © Frances Hardinge 2014–23 except where otherwise indicated. All rights reserved.