BookBrowse Reviews The Book That Wouldn't Burn by Mark Lawrence

In Mark Lawrence's fascinating fantasy novel The Book That Wouldn't Burn, Livira's life is upended when a sabber—an inhuman invader—attacks her small village in the wasteland known as the Dust, slaughtering the adults and kidnapping her and the other children with the intention of selling them into slavery. They are quickly rescued by soldiers, however, and taken to the city of Crath. There, she is selected to become a trainee at the ancient library that forms the heart of the city. The library is immense and at times perilous, full of magically locked doors, literal and figurative labyrinths and, of course, countless books. It is said to contain all possible knowledge, and it is the librarians' job to make sense of such vast stores and hunt down the specific information their king demands. As Livira learns and grows, she pushes ever farther into the uncharted...