To save the Great Library, the unforgettable characters from Ink and Bone, Paper and Fire, and Ash and Quill put themselves in danger in the next thrilling adventure in the New York Times bestselling series.
The opening moves of a deadly game have begun. Jess Brightwell has put himself in direct peril, with only his wits and skill to aid him in a game of cat and mouse with the Archivist Magister of the Great Library. With the world catching fire, and words printed on paper the spark that lights rebellion, it falls to smugglers, thieves, and scholars to save a library thousands of years in the making...if they can stay alive long enough to outwit their enemies.
As always, entertaining. In some ways it felt like not much happened and yet everything changed. I liked the various povs. And I really did like what so many of the characters were forced to confront and reckon with. I feel like the plot moved so quickly those revelations didn’t get a chance to sink in or perhaps didn’t change the characters quite as much as they might have. But there’s room to see how they might still play out as it comes to a close in the next book.
