Ink and Bone
by Rachel Caine (Allison & Busby, 2015)
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An alternative history dystopia where the Great Library of Alexandria has survived to become a malignant, shadowy world power. Caine ticks most of the right boxes, yet the story, for all its inventiveness, is ever so slightly formulaic, prepping an ongoing series.