From the powerful storyteller Tobias Buckell (Crystal Rain, The Tangled Lands) , a complex novel of humanity\'s passion for the written word.
As Lilith\'s curiosity draws her to Ishmael, she lets slip her family\'s most dangerous secret, sparking a deadly rebellion and an unexpected journey full of stunning revelations..
When Ishmael, an outcast librarian, shows up outside the Afriq Gate, Lilith saves him from immediate execution by her father\'s second-in-command, the zealot Kira.
Lilith has never seen a book, and she never expects to encounter one within the safety of the citadel.
But Lilith\'s days have also contained many pleasures, the royal privileges of her family\'s guardianship of the Cornucopia, a mystical source of limitless bounty.
The life of the youngest musketress of Ninetha has been one of hard training.
At the revolutionary crossroads of magic, betrayal, and long-forgotten truths, a naïve, compassionate royal and a determined, hunted librarian discover a dangerous world of mortal and ancient menaces.
From the powerful storyteller Tobias Buckell (Crystal Rain, The Tangled Lands) , a complex novel of humanity\'s passion for the written word
