The Lost Plot
core novel 2017 The Invisible Library
Record
| First published | 2017 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.17 (17,810 ratings, collected 2026-08-26) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780399587429 |
| Internal chronology | 4 |
Synopsis
The Lost Plot, the fourth book in the Invisible Library series, sends Librarians Irene and Kai into a 1930s Chicago rendered in period detail, complete with gangsters, speakeasies and Prohibition-era intrigue. There they find themselves drawn into a dangerous dispute between two dragons vying for power, a rivalry centered on the fate of a young librarian caught between the two factions. To prevent the disagreement from escalating into a wider war among the Library's dragon allies, Irene and Kai must race to secure a rare book before their rivals do, all while navigating blackmail, elaborate security and the ever-present threat that failure could cost Irene both her position and her life. The mission blends the series' established mix of literary intrigue and fast-paced adventure with the trappings of Chicago's underworld.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Invisible Library
- Series: The Invisible Library core; position 4 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 4 of 8: previous The Burning Page (2016) · next The Mortal Word (2018)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Genevieve Cogman
- https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/556337/the-lost-plot-by-genevieve-cogman/9780399587429/
- https://www.grcogman.com/books/the-invisible-library-series/the-lost-plot/
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