In Ink & Bone Jess Brightwell learned that the shining light of the Great Library of Alexandria was an illusion one that hides great darkness Now barred from his goal of becoming a Scholar he's determined to make his career as a High Garda soldier a success But news that a friend may be imprisoned & suffering brings Jess back with his old companions & to a common cause rescue Failure means death Success means that their uneasy truce with the Archivist becomes open war But they have a secret that may shake the very foundations of the Library if they dare to use it Paper & Fire takes us on a breathless journey from battlefields to ancient tombs from Alexandria to Rome & to the edge of a world that must change to survive