title: The Library of Shadows
author:  Mikkel Birkegaard 
description: <DIV><DIV><B><DIV><B>An engrossing Danishliterary thriller of intrigue, conspiracy, and the extraordinary power of reading</B></DIV></B></B></DIV><DIV></DIV><DIV>Imagine that some people have the power to affect your thoughts and feelings through reading&#151;to seduce you with amazing stories, conjure up vividly imagined worlds,andmanipulate you into thinking exactly what they want you to. When Luca Campelli dies a sudden and violent death, his son Jon inherits his second-hand bookshop, Libri di Luca, in Copenhagen. Jon had not seen his father for20 years&#151;since the mysterious death of his mother.After Luca?s death is followed by an arson attempt on the shop, Jon is forced to explore his family?s past. Unbeknownst to him, the bookshop has for years been hiding a remarkable secret. It is the meeting place of a society of booklovers and readers who have maintained a tradition of immense power passed down from the days of the great library of ancient Alexandria. Now someone is trying to destroy them, and Jon finds he must fight to save himself and his new friends.</DIV></DIV>
zlib_text: **The Scarab Path**
  
  Shadows of the Apt Book 3
  
  Adrian Tchaikovsky
  
    
  
   _To Val Patchett, who taught me much of the writer’s art_
  
    
  
    
  
  _**Acknowledgments**_
  
  Again, I couldn’t have done it without Simon Kavanagh, constant fount of
  cautions and advice, Peter Lavery of the masterful pencil and wine glass in
  equal measures, Julie Crisp and Chloe Healy and everyone else at Tor, and Jon
  Sullivan for his sterling work on the covers. I should also thank Lou Anders
  of Pyr for all his help and support across the water. Furthermore, anyone who
  turns up at signings, conventions, or posts on
  [_www.shadowsoftheapt.com_](http://www.shadowsoftheapt.com), is also entitled
  to no small measure of thanks.
  
  For the better edification of the reader, there is a complete cast list at the
  back of the book, as well as a complete cast list for the series on the
  website.
  
    
  
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   **Glossary**
  
   _ **People**_
  
   **Accius** Vekken Ant-kinden ambassador
  
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