A Stranger In The Citadel

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<B><I>From the powerful storyteller Tobias Buckell </I>(Crystal Rain, The Tangled Lands)<I>, a complex novel of humanity s passion for the written word. At the revolutionary crossroads of magic, betrayal, and long-forgotten truths, a na¯ve, compassionate royal and a determined, hunted librarian discover a dangerous world of mortal and ancient menaces.</I></B><BR><BR><B><I> With </I>A Stranger In The Citadel<I>, Tobias Buckell writes to the moment we live in, with a clarity and urgency that only fable can provide. Read it. </I></B><BR> <B><I>John Scalzi, author of </I>The Kaiju Preservation Society</B><BR><BR>The life of the youngest musketress of Ninetha has been one of hard training. But Lilith s days have also contained many pleasures, the royal privileges of her family s guardianship of the Cornucopia, a mystical source of limitless bounty. Lilith has never seen a book, and she never expects to encounter one within the safety of the citadel.<BR><BR>When Ishmael, an outcast libraria