The Burning Page
core novel 2016 The Invisible Library
Record
| First published | 2016 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.05 (21,987 ratings, collected 2026-08-26) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781101988688 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
The Burning Page, the third book in the Invisible Library series, opens with Irene fleeing a version of Revolutionary France on the back of a dragon, only to discover on her return that gateways connecting the Library to its many worlds have begun malfunctioning unpredictably. To help restore order, Irene and her assistant Kai are sent to retrieve an important book from the Winter Palace in an alternate St. Petersburg, a mission complicated from the start by Alberich, a nightmarish figure long bent on the Library's destruction, who confronts Irene with an ultimatum she cannot easily refuse. At the same time, her friend Vale is suffering the effects of exposure to Chaotic forces, and a mysterious figure from Irene's own past resurfaces seeking her help, leaving her to juggle the Library's survival, the people she cares about, and her own safety all at once.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Invisible Library
- Series: The Invisible Library core; position 3 of 8 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Genevieve Cogman
Notes
- From the series record (The Invisible Library): An eight-novel sequence following Irene, a spy-librarian who collects works of fiction from alternate versions of Earth for an interdimensional Library.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Invisible Library: position 3 of 8: previous The Masked City (2015) · next The Lost Plot (2017)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Genevieve Cogman
- https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/537103/the-burning-page-by-genevieve-cogman/
- https://www.grcogman.com/books/the-invisible-library-series/the-burning-page/
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