Great Library Ink and Bone, Book 1, (Paperback)

from Kris_Anderson

Ink and Bone is the first book in The Great Library series by Rachel Caine. It is 2025 in London. Everything is controlled by The Great Library. The Library is the keeper of knowledge, wisdom, and information. Jess Brightwell is the son of Callum Brightwell, a book dealer. Unfortunately, dealing ...

from sdmtngirl

Working in a public library and a law library I am surrounded by books and I shudder at the thought of never being able to hold a book; the weight, the smell of paper and ink, the musty odor of age. Ink and Bone captured the reality of a world where the Library rules quite well. As hoosgracie sai...

from bookczuk

Oh joy! A new series that, if it continues in the vein of the first book, may be fun to read. Set in an alternative history of our world, Ink and Bone depicts a world where there is a central library (with satellite sister libraries all over the world.) It is there where all the books are housed....

from Castlelass

This novel is about a dystopian future based on the idea that the Library at Alexandria was never destroyed. Unfortunately, those in charge became consumed with power and control the content of books shared with the world. Themes include the corruption that often accompanies great power, censorsh...

from bell7

No one can own handwritten, original manuscripts. They all, by law, belong to the Library which has its headquarters in Alexandria and an army to capture anyone who disobeys. Jess Brightwell, a teen in a family of smugglers, nevertheless is sent to the Library as a postulant - for his father's ne...