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Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians

Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians

Children's BooksFantasy
Published
2022
Language
English

Synopsis

The conclusion to the Alcatraz saga, cowritten by Brandon Sanderson and Janci Patterson, resolves the cliffhanger ending of The Dark Talent. Told from Bastille's perspective rather than Alcatraz's, the book follows the warrior-knight as she takes the lead in the final battle against the Evil Librarians and faces a challenge that Alcatraz, for once, cannot solve on his own. Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians was published in 2022, six years after The Dark Talent, completing the series and giving Bastille — the character many readers considered the true heart of the series — her own starring role.

Prose complexity
2/10

Vibe

AdventurousTenseFunnyEmotionalHopeful
SurvivalSacrificeComing of AgeFound FamilyReluctant Hero

Genres

Children's Books Fantasy Middle Grade

Authors

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Brandon Sanderson

Born in Lincoln, Nebraska in 1975, Brandon Sanderson spent his early twenties working graveyard shifts at a hotel — writing novels at the front desk between guest check-ins. By the time his debut, Elantris, was published by Tor Books in 2005, he had completed thirteen novels in the drawer. His subsequent Mistborn trilogy and the ongoing Stormlight Archive series established him as the primary architect of the Cosmere, an interconnected fictional universe in which most of his fantasy series share...

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Janci Patterson

Janci Patterson is an American novelist who writes young adult science fiction and fantasy, epic fantasy and romantic comedy. She holds an MA in creative writing from Brigham Young University and made her debut with Chasing the Skip (2012), later reissued as Skipped. She has co-written several books with Brandon Sanderson, including Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians and the Skyward novellas Sunreach, ReDawn and Evershore, collected as Skyward Flight. She has published around forty books across tr...

Characters

BastilleProtagonist

Taking the lead POV role for the first time, stepping up to lead where Alcatraz cannot.

Alcatraz SmedrySupporting

No longer the narrator, but central to the story's emotional resolution.

All characters in Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians

Frequently asked questions

  • Why was this cowritten with Janci Patterson?

    Sanderson asked Janci Patterson, a novelist who had collaborated with him on the Skyward novella trilogy, to help complete the Alcatraz series. The book was cowritten to finally resolve the six-year-old cliffhanger from The Dark Talent.

  • Does it resolve The Dark Talent's cliffhanger?

    Yes — Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians directly continues from and resolves The Dark Talent's ending.

  • Is the series complete now?

    Yes — with the publication of Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians in 2022, the Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians series is complete at six books.