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The Book of Doors

The Book of Doors

FantasyUrban Fantasy
Pages
432
Published
2024
Language
English

Synopsis

Bookseller Cassie Andrews feels something is missing from her life. Then a favourite customer gives her a curious old book. In the front is a handwritten message: This is the Book of Doors. Hold it in your hand, and any door is every door. As Cassie discovers, this is a very special book: a magic book that bestows extraordinary abilities on whoever possesses it. And there are other magical books that can also do wondrous - or dreadful and terrifying - things. But where there is magic there is power - and there are those who will stop at nothing to possess it. Suddenly confronted by shocking violence and danger, Cassie turns to Drummond Fox for help. He is a man fleeing his own demons, including someone - nameless and evil - who is hunting them all... Because this book is worth killing for...

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

DarkTenseMysteriousAtmospheric
Portal FantasySecret SocietyQuest

Genres

Fantasy Urban Fantasy Adventure

About the author

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Gareth Brown

Bio from The Book of Doors: Born in Falkirk, Gareth Brown has been writing in his spare time since he was a teenager. For the last two decades he has worked in the UK Civil Service and is currently Director of Screening for NHS Scotland. An inveterate traveller, he particularly relishes the experience of arriving somewhere new - those first few hours of culture shock, noise and bustle in an unfamiliar city - a passion that influence the writing of his first novel, the international bestselle...

Characters

Cassie AndrewsProtagonist

A New York bookshop worker whose quiet life changes when a favourite customer leaves her a strange, powerful book.

Hugo BarbaryAntagonist

A brutal collector who weaponizes the magical books he acquires to dominate and torment others.

Drummond FoxSupporting

A guarded man tied to a hidden library of magical books, haunted by the deaths of friends and wary of Cassie's choices.

Izzy (The Book of Doors)Supporting

Cassie's best friend, level-headed and cautious, who becomes her sounding board as the danger around the magical book grows.

Mr. WebberSupporting

The elderly bookshop customer whose gift of the Book of Doors to Cassie sets the story in motion; his memory remains a deep emotional anchor for her afterward.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Is The Book of Doors part of a series?

    The Book of Doors is a standalone novel and Gareth Brown's debut. He followed it with The Society of Unknowable Objects (2025), a connected story set in the same wider world but built around a different kind of magical object, rather than a directly numbered sequel.

  • Does The Book of Doors involve time travel?

    Yes. The magical book at the story's center can open a door onto the past as well as the present, and Cassie's ability to step into earlier moments becomes central to the plot.

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