The Book That Wouldn’t Burn (The Library Trilogy, Book 1)

Name: The Book That Wouldn’t Burn (The Library Trilogy, Book 1)
Rating: 4.622641563415527 (53 reviews)

Mark Lawrence

May 2023 · The Library Trilogy Book 1 · HarperCollins UK

4.6

53 reviews

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All books, no matter their binding, will fall to dust. The stories they carry may last longer. They might outlive the paper, the library, even the language in which they were first written.

The greatest story can reach the stars . . .

This is the start of an incredible new journey from the internationally bestselling author of Prince of Thorns, in which, though the pen may be mightier than the sword, blood will be spilled and cities burned...

Evar has lived his whole life trapped within a vast library, older than empires and larger than cities.

Livira has spent hers in a tiny settlement out on the Dust where nightmares stalk and no one goes.

The world has never noticed them.

That’s about to change.

As their stories spiral around each other, across worlds and time, each will unlock vast secrets about the world and themselves. This is a tale of truth and lies and hearts, and the blurring of one into another.

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4.6

53 reviews

Linda Scantlebury

July 11, 2023

does anyone have a realistic review of this book. Fantastic and Awesome doesn't tell me much. I have just waded my way through this book and I am left wondering what the hell was the author taking while writing this novel. I am most definitely a Mark Lawrence fan and have enjoyed all his books but sorry will not be recommending this one unless you are willing to lose yourself to I don't know where, that's how confusing this book is.

Kathy Clark

July 20, 2024

The ending broke my brain. It was so exciting that I tried to read faster and faster to find out what would happen. I will have to reread before I start the sequel.

John

January 7, 2024

a great read that gets complicated and i like a complex story. This book deals with time in a way you wouldn't expect. An eternal library, civilisations thousands of years apart and wars over a city. So many things going on you won't get bored reading this book.

About the author

Mark Lawrence is married with four children, one of whom is severely disabled. His day job is as a research scientist focused on various rather intractable problems in the field of artificial intelligence. Between work and caring for his disabled child, Mark spends his time writing, playing computer games, tending an allotment, brewing beer, and avoiding DIY.

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