The Dark Archive

Genevieve Cogman — 2020

A mysterious archive. A powerful enemy. And a cunning plan. Danger is part of the day job for a Librarian spy. So Irene’s hoping for a relaxing weekend. However, her jaunt to Guernsey proves no such thing. Instead of retrieving a rare book, she’s almost assassinated, Kai is poisoned and Vale barely escapes with his life. Then the attacks continue in London – targeting those connected with the Fae-dragon peace treaty. Irene knows she must stop the plot before the treaty fails. Or someone dies. But when Irene and friends are trapped underground, in a secret archive, things don’t look so good. Then an old enemy demands vengeance, and a shocking secret is revealed. Can Irene really seize victory from chaos? The Dark Archive is the seventh book in the Invisible Library series by Genevieve Cogman. Praise for the series: 'I absolutely loved this' - N. K. Jemisin, author of The Fifth Season 'Irene is a great heroine: fiery, resourceful and no one's fool' - Guardian 'Brilliant and so much fun. Skullduggery, Librarians, and dragons – Cogman keeps upping the ante on this delightful series!' - Charles Stross, author of the Merchant Princes series

Reviews

Vilde@vforvilde

Jul 25, 2022

4.5

Liz Carpenter@lizcarp

Feb 8, 2022

A strong entry in the series, but could someone please explain the final chapter to me?

Pam Sartain@certainlygeeky

Nov 9, 2021

The Dark Archive by Genevive Cogman (The Invisible Library 7) has Irene with a new apprentice, Catherine, niece of Lord Silver, and a fae. Irene needs to work out how to get Catherine into the Library, and as fae can't go in there because of their levels of chaos, it's going to be a challenge! At the same time, someone is trying to assassinate Vale and Kai, their world also has higher chaos levels than normal, and Lord Silver has gone on holiday. This is a great book, exactly what you would expect in this series, where there are twists and turns that you don't see coming! I have been really enjoying these books, and the eighth one (The Untold Story) is due out in December, so I can't wait for the conclusion to this story! The Dark Archive was published on 26th November 2020, and is available from Amazon, Waterstones and Bookshop.org. You can follow Genevieve Cogman on Twitter, Facebook and her website.

Anastaciya@anastaciya

Oct 27, 2021

Do you know anything about high stakes? This book says "hold my beer" And what is this ending?? Why torture us so?! I need the next book right now, but there isn't any info on when it's out 😱