知識就是力量
――是光明的力量，也是黑暗的力量

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傑斯．布萊威爾，前黑市走私販，現任圖書館員，剛獲得代表身分的銅手環，獲准服務於世上權力最大的組織：埃及亞歷山大圖書館。

然而，這份殊榮卻沒給他帶來任何興奮――在艱辛的訓練過程中，傑斯看清了圖書館的真面目――他揭露了圖書館的醜惡祕密，導致一個朋友遭到囚禁、一個朋友被大圖書館殘忍滅口。

他的信仰因此被完全擊碎：圖書館是知識的燈塔；是藝術、歷史的守護者；是偉大且永恆的善的力量。但這令人絕望的現況卻因一本禁書瞬間翻轉――從昔日走私伙伴手中，傑斯意外得到某本法典，確認了埋藏心中許久的懷疑：他的朋友沒死，而是被囚禁在某個暗無天日的黑牢。

這真是個天大的好消息――但也可能是偽裝成好消息的致命陷阱。
命運女神真的對他露出了微笑嗎？這本禁書會不會是故意交到他手中，引他自投羅網？就算真能找到監獄，他該怎麼把人救出來？――假使需要幫手，在這受圖書館獨裁統治的世界，他還剩下誰能相信？

一直以來，他們都相信光明能戰勝黑暗，
但是，如果他們必須對抗的就是光明本身呢？


Jess Brightwell has survived his introduction to the sinister, seductive world of the Library, but serving in its army is nothing like he envisioned. His life and the lives of those he cares for have been altered forever.

Embarking on a mission to save one of their own, Jess and his band of allies make one wrong move and suddenly find themselves hunted by the Library’s deadly automata and forced to flee Alexandria, all the way to London.

But Jess’s home isn’t safe anymore. The Welsh army is coming, London is burning, and soon Jess must choose between his friends, his family, and the Library, which is willing to sacrifice anything and anyone in the search for ultimate control...