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The Untold Story

Invisible Library, Book 8

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The Untold Story

By: Genevieve Cogman
Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
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Return to the Invisible Library for Irene's most perilous mission yet! The Untold Story is the climactic eighth book in Genevieve Cogman's exhilarating series.

For librarian-spy Irene, this could be her last mission. She has been sent on a terrifying, dangerous task – one which must be kept secret at all costs. To eliminate Alberich.

But even more troubling news emerges. Entire worlds are disappearing, and the Library itself may have something to do with it.

To uncover the truth of these vanishing worlds, Irene and her friends must descend into the unplumbed depths of the Library. What they find will change everything . . .

The Untold Story is the unputdownable eighth book in the Invisible Library series of fantasy novels by Genevieve Cogman.

Genevieve is also the author of Scarlet, a Sunday Times bestselling novel. Set during the French revolution, it is a spellbinding tale of magic, vampires and chaos, written with her trademark wit and pace.

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' – The Guardian

'Cogman keeps upping the ante on this delightful series!' – Charles Stross, author of the Merchant Princes series

©2021 Genevieve Cogman (P)2021 Macmillan Digital Audio Action & Adventure Dragons & Mythical Creatures Fantasy Fiction Humorous Mythology Comedy Magic Thought-Provoking

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Critic reviews

"I absolutely loved this...flavoured with truly unique mythology and a dash of the eldritch. Such clever, creepy, elaborate world-building and snarky, sexy-smart characters!" (N. K. Jemisin on The Invisible Library)

"Irene is a great heroine: fiery, resourceful and no one’s fool, she has a wonderfully droll sense of humour – much like the novel itself." (Guardian on The Masked City)

"Brilliant and so much fun. Skullduggery, Librarians and dragons – Cogman keeps upping the ante on this delightful series!" (Charles Stross on The Burning Page)
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Brilliant portrayal of characters by the narrator loved how the story develops through each book in the series

Enjoyed all 8 books excellent storytelling

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The whole series is magnificent. Can't tell you how much I've enjoyed. For anyone who likes 21C fantasy this series is a must with everything going for it. Fast paced wit & drama, great plots & twists, friendship, romance, intrigue & laugh out loud humour a plenty. Started out on the 1st 3 books reading the hard copy then found them narrated here. Christine Atherton is the fantastic narrator of the whole series giving it continuity. Christine's narrations of all the many characters are so well done! I'm now going to investigate other titles she's narrating on! The series author "Genevieve Cogman" is a TOTAL mind extraordinare! Such ideas & wit! These were her first rodeo into writing apparently, WOW! Somebody needs to give Ms Cogman all the fantasy fiction awards available already for this series!! I'm also going to be checking out everything else Ms Cogman has written now! Thanks Audible this of author + narrator coupling is an exceptionally good job. Well Done 😊

10/10 Complete Package.

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I’ve listened to all 8 books back to back, which rarely happens for me, I enjoyed them that much. Great story, great characters, great narration and I’d highly recommend you open the door to The Invisible Library and step in 👍⭐️

Fantastic 8 book story

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fantastic book on its own but the drawing together of the same B plots from the previous books made this stand out for me. I didn't see the conclusion coming and it was beautifuly carried out.

brilliant conclusion to the series

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Characters plot quirkiness loved all of them great series. Irene was so brave and clever.

Absolutely love this series so sad to have finished more please

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I love these books. They are proper stories and leave you wanting more. If you haven’t tried the series you have no idea what you’re missing

Amazingly good

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I enjoyed this. It has all the characters, all the action and adventure, the Dragons, the Fae and the Librarians and it fills in the missing bits of the puzzle.
The narration was really good and the story flowed.
I highly recommend this series and will now be looking out for other books by this author.

Wraps up the series nicely.

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The best series I've read in years. Thank you author! Also thank you reader for a wonderful performance!

Amazing!!!

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I thoroughly enjoyed this series, the world that was built and the mysteries surrounding the library. I hope that we get to visit these characters or the worlds around them again. Would highly recommend all books in this series.

Amazing series

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This is an amazing book by a great author.
It has taken a while for me to complete but I’ve enjoyed every bit of it.

Great book & Great series

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