Sorcery of Thorns (Sorcery of Thorns, #1)

Todos los hechiceros son malvados. Elisabeth lo ha sabido siempre. Criada como expósito en una de las Grandes Bibliotecas de Austermeer, Elisabeth ha crecido entre herramientas de hechicería: grimorios mágicos que susurran en los estantes y resuenan bajo cadenas de hierro. Si se les provoca, se transforman en grotescos monstruos de tinta y cuero. Ella espera convertirse en guardiana, encargada de proteger al reino de su poder. Entonces, un acto de sabotaje libera el grimorio más peligroso de la biblioteca. La intervención desesperada de Elisabeth la implica en el crimen y la sacan de su casa para enfrentarse a la justicia en la capital. Sin nadie a quien acudir salvo su enemigo jurado, el hechicero Nathaniel Thorn, y su misterioso sirviente demoníaco, se ve envuelta en una conspiración de siglos de antigüedad. No solo las Grandes Bibliotecas podrían arder en llamas, sino el mundo junto con ellas. A medida que su alianza con Nathaniel se fortalece, Elisabeth comienza a cuestionar todo lo que le han enseñado: sobre los hechiceros, sobre las bibliotecas que ama, incluso sobre sí misma. Porque Elisabeth tiene un poder que nunca había creído tener y un futuro que nunca podría haber imaginado. From the New York Times bestselling author of An Enchantment of Ravens comes an imaginative fantasy about an apprentice at a magical library who must battle a powerful sorcerer to save her kingdom. All sorcerers are evil. Elisabeth has known that as long as she has known anything. Raised as a foundling in one of Austermeer's Great Libraries, Elisabeth has grown up among the tools of sorcery--magical grimoires that whisper on shelves and rattle beneath iron chains. If provoked, they transform into grotesque monsters of ink and leather. She hopes to become a warden, charged with protecting the kingdom from their power. Then an act of sabotage releases the library's most dangerous grimoire. Elisabeth's desperate intervention implicates her in the crime, and she is torn from her home to face justice in the capital. With no one to turn to but her sworn enemy, the sorcerer Nathaniel Thorn, and his mysterious demonic servant, she finds herself entangled in a centuries-old conspiracy. Not only could the Great Libraries go up in flames, but the world along with them. As her alliance with Nathaniel grows stronger, Elisabeth starts to question everything she's been taught--about sorcerers, about the libraries she loves, even about herself. For Elisabeth has a power she has never guessed, and a future she could never have imagined "All sorcerers are evil. Elisabeth has known that as long as she has known anything. Raised as a foundling in one of Austermeer's Great Libraries, Elisabeth has grown up among the tools of sorcery--magical grimoires that whisper on shelves and rattle beneath iron chains. If provoked, they transform into grotesque monsters of ink and leather. She hopes to become a warden, charged with protecting the kingdom from their power. Then an act of sabotage releases the library's most dangerous grimoire. Elisabeth's desperate intervention implicates her in the crime, and she is torn from her home to face justice in the capital. With no one to turn to but her sworn enemy, the sorcerer Nathaniel Thorn, and his mysterious demonic servant, she finds herself entangled in a centuries-old conspiracy. Not only could the Great Libraries go up in flames, but the world along with them. As her alliance with Nathaniel grows stronger, Elisabeth starts to question everything she's been taught--about sorcerers, about the libraries she loves, even about herself. For Elisabeth has a power she has never guessed, and a future she could never have imagined"-- book jacket When Apprentice Librarian Elisabeth Is Implicated In Sabotage That Released The Library's Most Dangerous Grimoire, She Becomes Entangled In A Centuries-old Conspiracy That Could Mean The End Of Everything.