The Shadow Glass

by Aly Fell, Aly Fell (Illustrator)

Overview

A young student to England's greatest occultist learns her real father is in league with the devil. When Rose finds out that the man who raised her isn't her father, she ignores his warnings about the terrible secrets of her own past and seeks answers from childhood teacher Dr. John Dee, the queen's occult advisor.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781506700823
Publisher:	Dark Horse Comics
Publication date:	01/24/2017
Pages:	200
Sales rank:	916,740
Product dimensions:	6.60(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Aly Fell is a Manchester, England, based illustrator and concept artist. He has more than 20 years experience in the animation and gaming industries, having previously worked as an animator at Cosgrove Hall Films on Dangermouse, Count Duckula, The BFG, and Discworld, plus specials for Chuck Jones, The BBC, and ITV alongside many commercials and promos. In more recent years, he has worked as a 3D animator and artist in the games industry for companies including Core Design, Eurocom, and TTFusion on projects such as Herdy Gerdy, Pirates of the Caribbean, Lego Indiana Jones, and Lego Rock Band. He is now a freelance illustrator, with clients including Simon and Schuster, Ilex Press, Asylum Press, Llewellyn Publishing, and Harper Collins. His work has featured in Spectrum, Fantasy Art Collections, Ballistic Publishing, Erotic Fantasy Art, Advanced Photoshop, and ImagineFX.

Editorial Reviews

05/15/2017
In 16th-century England, Rosalind, a young woman whose masculine attire and rapier skills mark her as “different,” discovers that the man who raised her is not her father. Her actual sire, a colleague of John Dee (one of history’s great occultists), is a magician who seeks to summon and control Lovecraftian entities via the titular arcane implement. Upon meeting him, Rosalind is entangled in a web of deceit, murder, and darkest sorcery. Fantasy artist Fell creates an engrossing and skillful marriage of quality scripting and superb illustration, bolstered by an interesting female protagonist whose journey will keep the reader turning the page. It’s clear that Fell did a lot of research, as each panel evokes a lived-in, realistic world from which the story’s supernatural elements can spring in sharp, baleful contrast. It’s a quick and fun tale for mature readers, and over all too quickly, but the narrative leaves room for a sequel and readers will certainly hope for one. (Jan.)

Publishers Weekly