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.

Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians

By,&

Novella Children's Books Dystopian

Pages: 304
Published: 2020
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.