The Archive of the Forgotten (Hell's Library #2)

by A.J. Hackwith

“They burn them first, the stories. Humans always come for the stories first. It’s their warm-up, before they start burning other humans. It’s their first form of control, to burn the libraries, to burn the books, to burn the archives of a culture. Humans are the stories they tell. If you want to destroy your enemy, destroy their stories. Even if the people survive, it will be as if they never existed at all.”

“What judgmental nonsense is it this time?” Hero lifted his shoulders when Rami frowned at him. “What? I’m an atheist.” “Atheist?” Rami was aghast. “You literally live in Hell. You have met literal gods.” Hero sniffed. “Yes, and I didn’t find myself that impressed.”