History Literature / TheGreatLibrary

In addition, Rachael Caine published two prequel eBooks for free on {{Website/Wattpad}}

* Tigers in the Cage: a story about Wolfe's mother Kiera Morning and her political machinations within the Iron Tower.
* Stormcrow: A novella about Wolfe's first mission as a scholar and how he and Santi first met.

** Book 2 kills [[spoiler: Tarriq Oduya and Keira Morning]].

In addition, Rachael Caine is in the process of publishing two prequel eBooks for free on Wattpad.com

* {{Bittersweet Ending}}: The fourth book. [[spoiler: The Archivist Magister has been driven into exile, with most of his core supporters in Alexandria killed. The Obscurists have been freed from the Iron Tower, and the core cast has been reunited, with Khalila being elected as the new Archivist. But Brendan is dead, Zhara betrayed the group and escaped with the previous Archivist, and the Library's neutrality is now in jeopardy]].

** Keria's plan in ''Paper and Fire.'' [[spoiler: knowing that Morgan's friends would attempt to free her and rescue Thomas, the Obscurist Magnus hacked the Tranlsation Chmber in the Rome Serapeum, forcing Morgan to bring her friends back to the Iron Tower. From there, the Postulates would investigate the towers secrets in the hopes of freeing their friend as quickly as possible before they could be turned over to the Artifex Magnus. From there, they would discover the hidden entrance to the Black Archive and take as many books as they could with them before Translating themselves out of the building]].

* CallingTheOldManOut: [[spoiler: Callum finally gets this not only from Jess and Wolfe, but form ''Jess's mother'' when he arrives to collect Brendan's body in ''Sword and Pen''.]]

* {{Dwindling Party}}: The postulants start out as a group of 32, and slowly get whittled down as Wolfe tests their knowledge, resourcefulness, and luck. Then they go into a warzone, and no one is safe.

** In Book 1: [[spoiler: Guillame Danton, Joachim Portero, and Morgan's father]].

-->''Wolfe and Santi respond with [[DeathGlare Death Glares.'']]

* SwitchingPOV: After three books exclusively from the point of view of protagonist Jess Britghtwell, ''Smoke and Iron'' adds additional P.O.V.s to properly show the expanded scope of the plot. Specifically, Khalila, Wolfe, and Morgan

* CallingTheOldManOut: [[spoilers: Callum finally gets this not only from Jess and Wolfe, but form ''Jess's mother'' when he arrives to collect Brendan's body in ''Sword and Pen''.]]

** The final book: [[spoiler: Moran is killed averting the destruction of the Great Archives. But the Library successfully manages to repel the foreign armies looking to seize Alexandria. The old Archivist is dead and his supporters killed or imprisoned. Khalila has become the youngest Archivist in history and has implemented a new Curia position to begin implementing Thomas' printing press. Jess comes to terms with his brother's death, and Callum Brigthwell finds himself on the receiving end of his wife, his son, and Wolfe CallingTheOldManOut. Jess and Anit begin making plans to go into business together running a bookshop.]]

* TakingYouWithMen: [[spoiler: The Archivist would rather destroy the Great Library and all the knowledge it possess than allow it to continue on without him. Thankfully, Jess and his friends thwart his attempt]].

A series by Creator/RachelCaine, set in an {{Alternate History}} in which the Library of Alexandria never burned down and instead spawned daughter libraries called Serapeums all over the globe, creating the most powerful institution in the world. In a time where any book from the Library can be "mirrored" into a blank for those who have the ability to pay for it, ownership of "originals" is illegal and punishable by fines, imprisonment, or worse.

Has a character page in need of some WikiMagic.

* {{Badass Gay}}: Wolfe and Santi.

The fifth book will presumably be released in 2019.

* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: [[spoiler: Khalila is elected the new Archivist at the end of ''Smoke and Iron'']].

* {{The Ghost}}: The Archivist, head of the Library. We hear about him quite a bit, but all communication has come through his agents. [[spoiler: Jess finally meets him in person at the end of the third book.]]

* {{He Knows Too Much}}: Scholar Prakesh is killed shortly after she agrees to help the Postulants rescue Thomas because she started asking the wrong questions.

* AweseomMomentOfCrowning: [[spoiler: Khalila is elected the new Archivist at the end of ''Smoke and Iron'']].

* {{Polar Opposite Twins}}: Jess and Brendan look alike but have very different personalities--Jess is outgoing and kind, while Brendan is both more reserved and more sadistic. [[spoiler: Although his sadistic tendancies are revealed in the second book to simply be a mask he uses to try and set himself apart from Jess.]]

* {{Artifact Collection Agency}}: A primary focus of the Librarians, although they work exclusively on books (and scrolls, tablets, etc). This involves retrieving these 'originals' from hitherto undiscovered caches, smugglers, and private citizens. One sector of the organization, the High Garda, is dedicated to this and to stamping out Library-related crime.

* {{Teleportation Sickness}}: Happens to almost everyone who is Translated from Alexandria to Oxford. [[spoiler:Danton]] actually dies from it, although it's implied this was deliberate on the part of the Library.4