(It goes to show how she’s matured as a writer). And here I am, having finally read it.įrankly, it isn’t my favourite series by her – it lacks the sophistication and style and ‘Schwabness’ that makes some of her later works so good. But then Titan Books announced they were binding up the series under one name and releasing it in the UK! (They’re releasing The Near Witch in 2019, too). Both were out of print and somewhat tricky to get hold of. I had heard of this series, being a fan of Schwab’s work, but I didn’t think I’d read it – just how I didn’t think I’d read her debut novel, The Near Witch. Unless Mac can piece together what remains, the Archive itself may crumble and fall. And yet, someone is deliberately altering Histories, erasing essential chapters. In the Archive, the dead must never be disturbed. Because of her job, she lies to the people she loves, and she knows fear for what it is: a useful tool for staying alive.īeing a Keeper isn’t just dangerous-it’s a constant reminder of those Mac has lost, Da’s death was hard enough, but now that her little brother is gone too, Mac starts to wonder about the boundary between living and dying, sleeping and waking. Now Da is dead, and Mac has grown into what he once was: a ruthless Keeper, tasked with stopping often violent Histories from waking up and getting out.
Da first brought Mackenzie Bishop here four years ago, when she was twelve years old, frightened but determined to prove herself. The dead are called Histories, and the vast realm in which they rest is the Archive. Everything is full of history.”Įach body has a story to tell, a life seen in pictures only Librarians can read.
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