Sci-fi

Glyph

by Ali SmithBook 2 of 2 in Gliff
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Description

A novel of ghosts and history and family legacy, of the unexpected acts of care that shine light into our dark. Ghosts don't exist. They don't. End of. Story, however. It is haunting. Everything tells it. It all starts when Petra and her little sister Patch hear a horrifying story from the past and find themselves making up a ghost. Is it imaginary? Is it real? Then it all starts again thirty years later when Petra, now estranged from Patch, finds a phantom horse kicking the furniture to pieces in her bedroom. What to do? She phones her sister. In a chiarascuro dance through our increasingly antagonistic era, Glyph asks if we're attending to the history that's made us and to the history we're making. This anti-war novel is a work of lightness that goes deep to counter the forces currently flattening the modern world.

What it’s like

ViolenceStandard
CombatIncidental
HorrorChilling
SpiceWholesome/Clean
ProfanityMild

Details

First published
January 29, 2026
Pages
289
Reading time
About 6 hours
Format
Novel
Audience
Adult
Publisher
Random House
Language
English
ISBN
9780593701584
Series
Gliff, Book 2

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