A white envelope glides under the door of an unassuming apartment and remains unnoticed for several moments. The owner of said apartment, a young woman, strides past the door and into the living room before she slowly backs up andstares at the
left eyebrow raises slightly and then she snatches it up off the floor and rips into it with her small, gloved,skinny fingers. The white envelope has a blank white letter inside and once it'spulled out fancy glowing gold words appear. Itreads,
"You have been selected to interview for a prestigious position with the Metropolitan Public Library." The young woman scoffs,stalks into the small kitchen and tosses the invitationand the envelope into the trash. She walks back into the livingroom
and continues on with her original plan, binge watching Netflix.
The invitation is forgotten. The young woman moves on with her seemingly normallife, until one day that all changes.
Five exceedingly different individuals,yet somehow connected,show up on her doorstep ten years later and they turn her life in a completely different direction.
But can this young woman overcome the obstacles in front of not only herself but her fellow Librarians? And will her past come back to get her, or is she finally free?
It is said that to truly to move on a person needs to leave the past where it belongs. In the past. But what happens when knowing the past is integral to someone's future? Well, you just might have to look a little bit behind you.
Estella Kincaid is not only a human lie detectorbut anexpert on everything herbare skin touches. And yes, that does include people. Because of this she has secluded herself away in her apartment, which she only leaves for the necessities,and
she orders whatever she can from the internet.
To protect itself, the Librarians, the Guardian, and Jenkins, the Library sent an invitation to Estella. Someone who can see not only an objects past but also a person's is a great asset. It's a welcome bonus that she's a human lie detector. But thatisn't
the only reason. Estella is hiding, quite terribly actually, from someone and she needs all the help she canget to remain free. The Library protects its own, and it and Estella have a history.
The Librarians need to learn a bit more about the past to protect not only their own futures but the world's as well.
Are they up to the task?
Maybe not.
Shall we find out?
Of course.
