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Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians · Book 5

The Dark Talent

by Brandon Sanderson

Published
6 September 2016
Pages
320
ISBN-13
9781501926600
Type
novel

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About this book

The Dark Talent is the 5th book in the Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians series, written by Brandon Sanderson, published in September 2016 at 320 pages. In the reading order it follows Alcatraz Versus the Shattered Lens and precedes Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians. It was originally published as Alcatraz Versus the Dark Talent and later reissued under this shorter title; both refer to the same book.

Its place in Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians

The Dark Talent is book 5 in the Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians series. It follows Alcatraz Versus the Shattered Lens. It is followed by Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians. See the full Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians reading order.

On his thirteenth birthday, Alcatraz Smedry is mailed a bag of sand by the father he's never met -- and promptly discovers it's the only thing standing between him and a home invasion by Evil Librarians. It turns out the world's librarians secretly run a global conspiracy to suppress magic and keep humanity ignorant, and Alcatraz's own bizarre "Smedry Talent" (a supernatural gift for breaking things at exactly the wrong moment) makes him exactly the weapon the resistance needs. Brandon Sanderson wrote this…

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