The Book That Wouldn"t Burn

The Book That Wouldn't Burn by Mark Lawrence was the 198th Official Sword and Laser Book Club selection.

Reading Period: December 1st, 2025 to December 31st, 2025

How/Why was this book chosen: Veronica chose it with the help of the Discord members.

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The Book That Wouldn't Burn by Mark Lawrence

All books, no matter their binding, will fall to dust. The stories they carry may last longer. They might outlive the paper, the library, even the language in which they were first written.

The greatest story can reach the stars . . .

This is the start of an incredible new journey from the internationally bestselling author of Prince of Thorns, in which, though the pen may be mightier than the sword, blood will be spilled and cities burned…

Evar has lived his whole life trapped within a vast library, older than empires and larger than cities.

Livira has spent hers in a tiny settlement out on the Dust where nightmares stalk and no one goes.

The world has never noticed them.

That’s about to change.

As their stories spiral around each other, across worlds and time, each will unlock vast secrets about the world and themselves. This is a tale of truth and lies and hearts, and the blurring of one into another.