Having helped to defeat the evil Zahn Sarl, Annat has returned to her schooling. As she grows into a young woman, she begins to understand some of the more personal aspects of the Shamen.

When a disturbing letter is received from her brother, Malchik, Annat and her aunt Yuste travel to his university to make sure he is OK. When they arrive they find nothing but an empty room. Meeting up again with Cluny Sorel d'Ademar they enlist the help of a detective to discover what has happened to Annat's brother.

Soon they find that there is a much more malign reason for Malchik's disappearance than first appeared. Annat, her aunt, father and friends must again battle with the once dead Zahn Sarl to save Malchik and prevent Sarl from becoming all-powerful.

Glass Mountain is the sequel to the novel Children of the Shaman and it picks up quite smoothly where 'Children; left off. Annat, Yuda and Yuste are again pitted against the evil Zahn Sarl who has returned from the dead. Now, this "resurrection" could have been done in a predictable manner but in The Glass Mountain the reanimation of Zahn Sarl is carried off in a slick, convincing manner.

At the start of the story we enter the world of Annat, back at school and trying not to be expelled. As introduced in the first book, Shamen are to a great extent bisexual and there is a well written section concerning Annat's first experiences the nature of her sexuality and her confusion regarding her true feelings.

Yet again this is a well-written and fluid fantasy story that grips the reader until the very end. The characters and their relationships have developed over the intervening time and we learn more about the early lives of Yuda and Yuste.

A wonderful sequel and, hopefully, there will be more to come.