{"product_id":"9781612195599","title":"The Mirror Thief","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA globetrotting, time-bending, wildly entertaining masterpiece hailed by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e as \"Audaciously well written...the book I was raving about to my friends before I'd even finished it.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e raved that \"with near-universal appeal . . . Seay’s debut novel is a true delight, a big, beautiful cabinet of wonders that is by turns an ominous modern thriller, a supernatural mystery, and an enchanting historical adventure story.\" Set in three cities in three eras, \u003ci\u003eThe Mirror Thief\u003c\/i\u003e calls to mind David Mitchell and Umberto Eco in its mix of entertainment and literary bravado.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe core story is set in Venice in the sixteenth century, when the famed makers of Venetian glass were perfecting one of the old world's most wondrous inventions: the mirror. An object of glittering yet fearful fascination\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003ewas it reflecting simple reality, or something more spiritually revealing?\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003ethe Venetian mirrors were state of the art technology, and subject to industrial espionage by desirous sultans and royals world-wide. But for any of the development team to leave the island was a crime punishable by death. One man, however\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003ea world-weary war hero with nothing to lose\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003ehas a scheme he thinks will allow him to outwit the city's terrifying enforcers of the edict, the ominous Council of Ten . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, in two other Venices\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003eVenice Beach, California, circa 1958, and the Venice casino in Las Vegas, circa today\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003etwo other schemers launch similarly dangerous plans to get away with a secret . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll three stories will weave together into a spell-binding tour-de-force that is impossible to put down\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003ean old-fashioned, stay-up-all-night novel that, in the end, returns the reader to a stunning conclusion in the original Venice . . . and the bedazzled sense of having read a truly original and thrilling work of art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Melville House Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47018459169008,"sku":"9781612195599","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781612195599_p0.jpg?v=1763841890","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781612195599","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}