title: Chronicles: The Library of Illumination
author: Carol Pack
description: <b> "Pack cheerfully runs an inventive marathon with this anything-goes premise. ...stories such as "The Orb" and "Casanova" flaunt Pack's literary brilliance and her ability to grow the world and characters episodically; watching Jackson woo Joanna will entice audiences just as much as the adventures. ... Come for the literary sights and sounds, stay for Pack's miraculously fine-tuned imagination." <i>Kirkus Reviews (starred review)</i></b><br /><br /><b><i>Chronicles: The Library of Illumination</i>has been named to<i>Kirkus Review's</i>Best Books of 2014</b>
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  # The Choice of Life
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Georgette Leblanc
  
  
  This page formatted 2007 Blackmask Online.
  
  
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  * PART THE FIRST
  
  
    * [CHAPTER I](chli_split_2.html#1_1_1)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER II](chli_split_3.html#1_1_2)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER III](chli_split_4.html#1_1_3)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER IV](chli_split_5.html#1_1_4)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER V](chli_split_6.html#1_1_5)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER VI](chli_split_7.html#1_1_6)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER VII](chli_split_8.html#1_1_7)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER VIII](chli_split_9.html#1_1_8)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER IX](chli_split_10.html#1_1_9)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER X](chli_split_11.html#1_1_10)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER XI](chli_split_12.html#1_1_11)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER XII](chli_split_13.html#1_1_12)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER XIII](chli_split_14.html#1_1_13)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER XIV](chli_split_15.html#1_1_14)
  
  
  * [PART THE SECOND](chli_split_15.html#1_2)
  
  
    * [CHAPTER I](chli_split_16.html#1_2_1)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER II](chli_split_17.html#1_2_2)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER III](chli_split_18.html#1_2_3)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER IV](chl