The Book That Held Her Heart (The Library Trilogy, Book 3)

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The final volume in the bestselling Library Trilogy, following THE BOOK THAT WOULDN'T BURN and THE BOOK THAT BROKE THE WORLD.
The secret war that defines the Library has chosen its champions and set them on the board

The fate of an infinite library hangs on one book, a book that holds the power to break the unbreakable. In the face of such forces, fragile things like hearts, family, and the world seem certain to fail.

The people most vital to Livira are scattered across time and space, lost, divided into factions, in mortal peril. Somehow, she must bring them together and resolve the unresolvable argument that fuels the librarys war. The bond between Livira and Evar has stretched and stretched again. Can it hold at the end, when things fall apart Can it bring them together against impossible odds This is the last chapter, the final page. The end threatens and no one, not characters, readers, or even the author, will emerge unscathed.

'If you like dark, you will love Mark Lawrence' Robin Hobb, bestselling author of Assassin's Apprentice

'Gripping mystery and beautiful worldbuilding' Publishers Weekly

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Praise for Mark Lawrence

An excellent writer

George R.R. Martin, #1 SUNDAY and NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of GAME OF THRONES

Dark and relentlessA two in the morning page turner. Jaw-dropping

Robin Hobb, the NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of THE ASSASSINS APPRENTICE

Excellent on par with George R.R. Martin

Conn Iggulden, author of GENGHIS

Mark Lawrence gets better with every book. It has a drive to it, a pulse, a gearshift that kicks higher and higher.

Fantasy Book Review

This tale of knowledge and its cost flies by thanks to the gripping mystery and beautiful worldbuildingreaders will be desperate for more.

Publishers Weekly

Lawrence works with many threads here, but none feels misused or insufficiently explored. Rather, the author unspools them masterfully, leaving behind a tightly woven tapestry that readers will ache to see finished even if they can predict one or two of the tales myriad twists and turns. Gripping, earnest, and impeccably plotted.

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Author Bio

Mark Lawrence was born in Champagne-Urbanan, Illinois, to British parents but moved to the UK at the age of one. He went back to the US after taking a PhD in mathematics at Imperial College to work on a variety of research projects including the 'Star Wars' missile defence programme. Returning to the UK, he has worked mainly on image processing and decision/reasoning theory. He says he never had any ambition to be a writer so was very surprised when a half-hearted attempt to find an agent turned into a global publishing deal overnight. His first trilogy, The Broken Empire, has been universally acclaimed as a ground-breaking work of fantasy, and both Emperor of Thorns and The Liar's Key have won the Gemmell Legend award for best fantasy novel. Mark is married, with four children, and lives in Bristol.