Finally a shadowy young man named Shift appears, forcing Taryn and Jacob toward a reckoning felt in more than one world. Then there are questions about a fire in the library at her grandparents’ house and an ancient scroll box known as the Firestarter, as well as threatening phone calls and a mysterious illness. but not all of the attention it brings her is good.Ī policeman, Jacob Berger, questions her about a cold case. She has written a successful book about the things that threaten libraries: insects, damp, light, fire, carelessness and uncaring. Taryn Cornick believes that the past–her sister’s violent death, and her own ill-conceived revenge–is behind her, and she can get on with her life.
“Intricately plotted and gorgeously written, The Absolute Book is a cinematic tale that is by turns dark and dreamlike, yet ultimately hopeful.” –Deborah Harkness, New York Times bestselling author of A Discovery of Witches The epic fantasy that’s taking the world by storm–a bewitching story about a revenge killing, a mysterious scroll box that has survived centuries of fires, and the book that changed everything
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