A Shadow on the Glass (1998) (edit title/settings)

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• Karan Elienor Melluselde Fyrn: A young sensitive woman from Gothryme Manor in Bannador. Falls in love with Llian.
• Llian: Llian is a talented master chronicler and teller from Chanthed. Falls in love with Karan.
• Maigraith: Faelamor's lieutenant. Maigraith is a master of the Secret Art, but easily dominated by Faelamor.
• Yggur: A very powerful mancer, over 1,000 years of age and bent on seeking revenge on Mendark and the Council of Santhenar.
• Mendark: The Magister of Thurkhad. An adept of the Secret Art and a sensitive.
• Shand (aka Gyllias): An old man from the village of Tullin, Shand is clearly more than he seems.
• Emmant: Add a description of this character.
• Tensor: Leader of the Aachim people.
• Nadiril (aka Nadiril the Sage): Librarian of the Great Library. Member of the Council of Santhenar.
• Faelamor (aka Faichand): The old leader of the Faellem, Faelamor is searching for a way home to her beloved Tallallame.
• Tallia bel Soon: Mendark's chief lieutenant. Tallia is a master of the Secret Art, as well as of armed and uanrmed combat.
• Rael: Son of Malien and Tensor.
• Pender
• Rulke (aka The Great Betrayer): The greatest of the Charon. Imprisoned in the Nightland. He is obsessed with the survival of his people.
• Trusco
• Hassien
• Shuthdar: Old human master smith. He created the Golden Flute at Rulke's behest.
• Wistan
• Gistel
• Turlew
• Jenulka
• Yalkara (aka Mistress of Deceits, Demon Queen): The youngest of the Charon. Second most powerful Charon mancer after Rulke. Faelamor's archenemy.
• Thandiwe
• Nelissa
• Varti
• Mantille
• Pitlis
• Charon: The Charon are a tall, dark people with carmine/indigo eyes and are great users of the Secret Art. They are very long lived, as are the Faellem.
• Aachim: The Aachim are the original species of Aachan. They are usually a tall, dark people who can be rather arrogant.

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• Bannador
• Santhenar
• Thurkad
• Tullin
• Meldorin
• Hetchet
• Aachan
• Orist
• Lake Neid
• Preddle
• Jepperand
• Stassor

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Glossary edit see section history

• Aachan: One of the Three Worlds, the world of the Aachim and, after its conquest, the Charon.
• Aachim: The human species native to Aachan, who were conquered by the Charon. The Aachim are a clever people, great artisans and engineers, but melancholy and prone to hubris. After they were brought to Santhenar the Aachim flourished, but were betrayed and ruined in the Clysm, and withdrew from the world to thier vast mountain fortress cities.
• Aachimning: A friend of the Aachim.
• Aftersickness: Sickness that most people suffer after using the Secret Art, or even after using a native talent. Sensitives are very prone to it.
• Alcifer: The last nad greatest of Rulke's cities, designed by Pitlis the Aachim.
• Almadin: A dry land across the sea from Thurkad.
• Alyz: Llian's little sister.
• Assembly: The ruling committee of Thurkad. A body that is ineffectual in a crisis.
• Bannador: A long, narrow and hilly land on the western side of Iagador. Karan's homeland.
• Benbow: A ruined village in the mountains between Chanthed and Tullin.
• Blase: One of Tensor's Aachim band.
• Blending: A child of the union between two different human species. Blendings are rare, and often deranged, but can have remarkable talents.
• Booreah Ngurle: The burning mountain, or fiery mountain, a volcanic peak in the forests east of Almadin. The Charon once had a stronghold there.
• Callam: Llian's older sister.
• Carstain: Nearest town to Fiz Gorgo
• Chacalot: A large water-dwelling reptile, somewhat resembling a crocodile.
• Chain of the Tychid: A ribbon of seven very bright stars, and many fainter ones, visible in the winter sky at southern latitudes.
• Chanthed: A town in northern Meldorin, in the foothills of the mountains. The College of the Histories is here.
• Chard: A kind of tea.
• Charon: One of the four human species, the master people of the world of Aachan. They fled out of the void to take Aachan from the Aachim, and took their name from the frigid moonlet at the furthest extremity of the void. They have strange eyes, indigo or carmine, or sometimes both together, depending on the light.
• Chronicler: A historian; a graduate in the art and science of recording and maintaining the Histories.
• Cloak, Cloaked: To diguise oneself by means of illusion.
• Clysm: A series of wars between the Charon and the Aachim more than a thousand years ago, resulting in the almost total devastation of Santhenar.

Themes & Symbolism edit see section history

• Darwinism: The conflict between four human races knows no good and evil, only survival of the fittest.

Series & Lists edit see section history

Followed by The Tower on the Rift.

Followed by The Tower on the Rift.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Ian Irvine (Author)

Other Contributors:

1. Mark Sofilas (Illustrator) - cover illustration

First Edition edit see section history

Awards edit see section history

• Aurealis Award (Finalist, 1998: Best fantasy novel)

Classification edit see section history

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• Dewey: 823.914

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Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Fantasy › Series
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary

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