The Empire of Glass - Andy Lane
THE EMPIRE OF GLASS
ANDY LANE
PROLOGUE
July 1587
One month.
Mary Harries gazed out across the sparkling blue ocean at the departing ship. From her position on the cliff she was looking down upon its deck - freshly scrubbed and glistening in the hot summer sunlight. Its sails were swollen with the breeze, and it listed slightly to one side as it began its long tack out of the harbour and its longer journey home. Gulls swooped low around its bows and, higher in the sky, the black sq ...