A Shadow on the Glass

Ian Irvine’s novel “A Shadow on the Glass” is the first in the “A View from the Mirror” series. Karan, a sensitive person from a family stricken by madness, is the protagonist of the tale. She is forced by honor to take an old magical instrument the Mirror of Aachan which is a cunning and dishonest item that retains a record of everything it has seen. She had no idea that this mirror had a fatal secret. The story develops as Karan deals with the fallout from her choices.