The Book That Wouldn't Burn

What's in this book, at a glance — five things readers want to know before they start.

What this book is about

Two characters. Two timelines. Yute has come from outside the Mechanism — the vast underground library that extends for miles in every direction — seeking a book. Livira has grown up outside too, but has been taken in and trained as a librarian. The library holds more than books: it holds the history of a civilization, and possibly the key to one that has been lost. Mark Lawrence's Escape from Hell trilogy opener is a richly imagined fantasy built around the idea that knowledge is the most dangerous thing in the world to control — and the most precious thing to preserve.