The Glass Eye Game - paperback

Available for dispatch as a paperback on Wednesday 9 September 2026.

The Glass Eye Game tells the story of Charlie Gryff, the last maker of glass eyes in the land, and of Eddy, the young man who is introduced to him as a boy, newly adopted from the care system. With no idea of how he lost his eye, Eddy grows up to be Charlie’s apprentice, with a flair for unusual and unsettling glass eye designs and a collector of the stories of those who have experienced eye loss.

When Charlie retires and hands on his business to his three daughters, he overlooks Eddy more than he should. In a world that has gone synthetic and forsaken the traditions of glass eye-making, Charlie and Eddy look on in horror as the business is modernised, quickly dividing the family. When Eddy is betrayed, he knows he must act.

Told from different points of view and intercut with vignettes of Eddy’s traumatising childhood and Charlie’s formative years, The Glass Eye Game is a compelling family thriller of love, identity and how the past informs the present – and of how trauma can be overcome to give hope for the future.

ISBN: 9781066706815

Format: Paperback, perfect bound

Number of pages: 324

Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 21mm

Weight: 300g

Language: English