Ash and Quill Series: Great library #3 Published by Penguin on June 12, 2018
Genres: Young Adult Fiction / Books & Libraries, Young Adult Fiction / Dystopian, Young Adult Fiction / Fantasy / General
Pages: 368
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Reading Challenges: 2024 Audiobook challengeThe unforgettable characters from Ink and Bone and Paper and Fire unite to save the Great Library of Alexandria from itself in this electrifying adventure in the New York Times bestselling series.
Hoarding all the knowledge of the world, the Great Library jealously guards its secrets. But now a group of rebels poses a dangerous threat to its tyranny....
Jess Brightwell and his band of exiles have fled London, only to find themselves imprisoned in Philadelphia, a city led by those who would rather burn books than submit. But Jess and his friends have a bargaining chip: the knowledge to build a machine that will break the Library’s rule.
Their time is running out. To survive, they’ll have to choose to live or die as one, to take the fight to their enemies—and to save the very soul of the Great Library....
Review:
Book three is right up there with book one, making me long for the next book. The Library of Alexandria is still dark, controlling, and overbearing. Our cast of characters is still fleeing their clutches but wishing they could change the Library and take it back to what it was supposed to be—a beacon for humanity.
Jess Brightwell comes into his own in this installment. Dario pushes him to think about what he wants to change and to be realistic about what will happen. It seems to open a whole new Jess, one who can be as Machiavellian as his father, as devious as those in charge of the Library, and as ruthless as the Iron Tower.
Trapped in a city of Book Burners, our fearless band of library scholars must somehow survive and outwit those who run this blockaded city of Philadelphia. Never has there been less brotherly love in that city.
About Rachel Caine
Rachel Caine is the NYT, USA Today, and #1 WSJ bestselling author of more than 50 books in several categories and genres, including adult thriller and adult urban fantasy/SF as well as books for young adults ages twelve to eighteen.
Rachel Caine lost her fight with a rare and aggressive cancer, soft tissue sarcoma, in November of 2020. With over 56 books in print and millions of copies sold, she was a frequent guest at conventions in the United States and around the world. Her popular book series include the young adult Morganville Vampires novels, the Great Library series, and the #1 bestselling Stillhouse Lake novels in adult thrillers.
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