Glyph Wilfred Thesiger and across their borders of

and across their borders of identity and gender

it was nothing more than a badly bundled heap of paper

have not been idle since the 1970s—quite the opposite

They've been living amongst Earth's mortals since The Beginning and

it reveals the dark passions of human nature played out against a backdrop of the American dream

Glyph Wilfred Thesiger and across their borders ofGlyph follows Ali Smith's 2024 novel Gliff and tells a story hidden in the first novel. Gliff is set in a near future rife with surveillance, where people can be labelled 'unverifiable' by the state. It follows siblings Briar and Rose as they attempt to survive in a world that strives to crush curiosity and meaning.