The Book of Lamps and Banners
Pages
344
Rating
3.67
Year
2020
Description
Cass Neary is broke and desperate to get home to New York. She’s already sold her camera—like losing a limb for a photographer of her experience—and now her only chance is to cash in on a deal a friend is about to cut for a legendary illuminated manuscript: The Book of Lamps and Banners.
Rumored to have been rescued from the Library at Alexandria, The Book is said to contain ancient esoteric knowledge, even an otherworldly power. But before the sale can be completed, an intruder brazenly steals it, leaving Cass as one of the only suspects. To clear her name, and keep the missing text out of dangerous hands, Cass and her ex-con lover, Quinn, must do anything to get it back—plunging headlong into a shady underworld where antiquarian booksellers, unhinged tech entrepreneurs, and brutal nationalists all converge.
A stunning return to the cult-favorite Cass Neary series, and a mesmerizing new adventure for one of the greatest amateur sleuths of the past decade, The Book of Lamps and Banners is a breathlessly dark thriller that could only come from the mind of acclaimed crime writer Elizabeth Hand.
Rumored to have been rescued from the Library at Alexandria, The Book is said to contain ancient esoteric knowledge, even an otherworldly power. But before the sale can be completed, an intruder brazenly steals it, leaving Cass as one of the only suspects. To clear her name, and keep the missing text out of dangerous hands, Cass and her ex-con lover, Quinn, must do anything to get it back—plunging headlong into a shady underworld where antiquarian booksellers, unhinged tech entrepreneurs, and brutal nationalists all converge.
A stunning return to the cult-favorite Cass Neary series, and a mesmerizing new adventure for one of the greatest amateur sleuths of the past decade, The Book of Lamps and Banners is a breathlessly dark thriller that could only come from the mind of acclaimed crime writer Elizabeth Hand.