From the bestselling author of the Inner Movement trilogy and the Cosega Sequence, comes The Last Librarian, (book one of the Justar Journal).
In the year 2098, there is no more war, no more hunger and no more pollution. The world is secure and Earth’s 2.9 billion people are healthy and happy. There is also only one remaining library that still houses physical books. In addition to the dusty … addition to the dusty volumes, the library holds many secrets. But the government has decided to shut it down and burn the contents. Unless an unlikely trio can save the books, humanity will lose more than just what is printed on those antique pages.
With a single government ruling the entire planet, one currency, one language and no religion, the population is unified and enjoying the prosperity that comes with more than seven decades of peace. Free healthcare for all and guaranteed employment make the future a dream. But this future may only be safe if they can hide the past. The books must be saved . . . the impossible task is up to an angry author, a brazen revolutionary and the last librarian. When everything is perfect, the only thing left to fear is the truth.
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good read
Fahrenheit 450 with a different twist and troubling ending designed force you to buy the next book and I am betting other books to a final ending.
To me it was just to slow to get into, but that could be me.
It is hard to believe a book about a library could be this engaging. But when it is the last library in the world, and the secretly-evil government in a futuristic Utopian society wants to close it to shield its citizens from knowledge and ideas that could inspire revolt …
Did not interest me
Quick read, hard to put down.
Slow build, not a very interesting outcome. Great premise, disappointing read.
Pretty entertaining read. Others in series got too expensive for very few pages…
Very “fahrenheit 451″ish. But a very good read.
Cannot really write why I was so disappointed without giving away the plot but the sudden death of one of the essential characters left me quite disappointed
I did not like this book. Too many unusual names and acronyms, made it hard for me to follow. Worst thing was that nothing really got resolved. You need to buy the next book to finish this one.
Good idea, but all it did was set the stage to read more of the series. So, conclusion was not satisfying.
This book shows what could happen to our society given the wrong balance of power. It was haunting.
Well written and drew me in quickly. I read the later books in the series too. I felt that the series didn’t quite live up to my expectations after the first book but I did read it quickly and enjoyed it.
This book would be even more fun if it weren’t so prophetic. I love reading ebooks and have a lot of them, however they are updated regularly with no errata page included. So is it possible to change the past and present with a few edits? You betcha! Maybe we should have a master reference library to prevent mischief? Enjoy!
This was a free book to me, but I bought all the others as they are that good. thanks
Liked this book.
Didn’t hold my attention, so didn’t finish.
I thought this was going to be a re-make of Fahrenheit 451. It turned out to be an original story, first book of a trilogy that I could not put down. After reading this trilogy, I read two other related series by the same author. Everything I’ve read by this author has been a page turner that I couldn’t put down.
I got through the first couple of chapters and quit. I can’t think of a time that I’ve done that in over ten years. The story may turn out to be fabulous but I got impatient with the slow pace and banal writing style.
The pace suffers largely from repetition of plot elements. It feels like the author is saying, “This is really important and cool and I don’t want you to miss the deep meaning which will be revealed later. Don’t miss it! Really, let me repeat that again. Don’t miss it!”
I know this is probably aimed at juvenile readers but, please, don’t insult their intelligence. Subtlety is okay. So is the opportunity for the reader to discover things on his or her own.
The writing style itself lacks the art of putting words on paper that can absorb the reader. It’s not just about the story. The prose has to be interesting and somewhat novel. The truth is, I could write like that. That’s not a compliment.