The team spent a night overnight up in the periodical section trying to figure out what to do about the library and the blue-winged angel they encountered in the stacks. Pascal, a trained librarian and researcher, finally pieces together that something is bound in the foundations of the building. Something big. Something important. And they ( Read more... )

On a tip, Liam takes Pascal Solaris, Taran Solaris and Melina Solaris out to a very strange library in Shadow, built into a ziggurat on the top of the mountain. Within millions upon millions of books sit on shelves, caretaken by no one, and readable by anyone, Chantris or otherwise. And they're not the only people who know this library is out ( Read more... )

Liam has a lead from An Unnamed Mysterious Source about his grandmother. His first approach is to consult history books -- except the history books in the Palace Library have been carefully scrubbed of Faiella references. He turns to the Chantris Library, and Chantris books, for information ( Read more... )

To: Lord Corbin Chantris
Peppin House, Amber

Dad,

Hi!

I ran into an old (and I mean old) acquaintance of yours last night, Lord Sandor Karm, and he totally remembered you and Uncle Barrymore. He remembered you so well he said he's coming over to Peppin House, squatting in your foyer, drinking all your whiskey, and then chasing you around ( Read more... )

My Dad was here in town for the Funerary Ablations of the Great and Powerful Ex-Duke of Chantris and while he was here he gave me an early release copy of his great Magnum Opus. He has since slunk off to Pippins Cottage leaving me with a dubious review copy of A Guide to Thari Modern Usage with the opening remarks written in eye-meltingly 6-point ( Read more... )