The Absolute Book - Elizabeth Knox

Elizabeth Knox

Category: Fantasy

Tags: Fantasy

A bewitching epic fantasy about a revenge killing, a mysterious scroll box that has survived centuries of fires, and the book that changed everything, 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 best-selling author of A Discovery of Witches), An instant classic. It is everything fantasy should be. (The Guardian), Taryn Cornick believes that the past - her sisters violent death, and her own ill-conceived revenge - is behind her, and she can get on with her life. She has written a successful book about the things that threaten libraries: insects, damp, light, fire, carelessness and uncaringbut not all of the attention it brings her is good., A policeman, Jacob Berger, questions her about a cold case. 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