Above all, it is a declaration of love for stories and the ways in which they shape our worlds and create gods out of morals. It is a book of journeys and returns, from contemporary England to Auckland, New Zealand from a magical fairyland to Purgatory. The Absolute Book is epic, action-packed fantasy in which hidden treasures are recovered, wicked things resurface, birds can talk, and dead sisters are a living force. Le Guin, Knox - books where the best hearts meet the best minds meet the best imaginations are few and far between. A book where hidden treasures are recovered where wicked things people think theyve shaken from their trails find their scent again. Finally a shadowy young man named Shift appears, forcing Taryn and Jacob toward a reckoning felt in more than one world. The Absolute Book is an epic fantasy, intimate in tone. Then there are questions about a fire in the library at her grandparents' house and an ancient scroll box known as the Firestarter, as well as threatening phone calls and a mysterious illness. She has written a successful book about the things that threaten libraries: insects, damp, light, fire, carelessness and uncaring… but not all of the attention it brings her is good.Ī policeman, Jacob Berger, questions her about a cold case. Years during which my mother was dying of Motor Neuron Disease (ALS) and my brother-in-law was killed in much the same way the novel’s protagonist’s sister. Taryn Cornick believes that the past – her sister's violent death, and her own ill-conceived revenge – is behind her, and she can get on with her life. The Absolute Book owes its existence to my sense of coming back to life as time and events intervened between me and some bad years.
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