The Library of the Unwritten (Hell's Library #1)

by A.J. Hackwith

Claire lived by the firm moral philosophy that one could never have too many pockets, too many books, or too much tea.

War has always followed libraries, my apprentice. History has made no effort to hide that truth from us. Look at Rome; look at the Crusades. Vanquishing an enemy and taking his books was just as strategic as taking his cannons. Books are knowledge weaponized. And what weapons you cannot steal, you must burn.