Night of Broken Glass
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Last published Mon, Oct 30, 2017
On the brink of closing her failing art gallery in Manchester's Northern Quarter, Skylar discovers one of her paintings is a time portal to 1938.
Transported to the eve of Kristallnacht [the Night of Broken Glass] Skylar tries to protect the painting from those who seek to steal its power and trap her in the past, whilst embarking upon a crusade against the Nazi Youth cell terrorising her ancestors.
STEPHEN KING'S 11/22/63 MEETS JODI PICOULT'S THE STORYTELLER IN THIS SPECULATIVE HISTORICAL FICTION NOVEL WHICH TRANSPORTS THE READER FROM A SPECULATIVE FUTURE TO A FRIGHTENINGLY REAL PAST.
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