The Hidden Manuscript: Book 2 of The Hourglass Reader Series
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The Hourglass Reader - Book 2
When strange break-ins rock the Library of Congress, Lucas Stone and Detective Marianne Reyes realize the threat of the watchers isn’t finished. Rumors swirl about a medieval manuscript predicting global disasters, and hooded figures lurk in hidden corridors, determined to steal secrets locked behind ancient runes. Armed with his watch-based ability to gain short bursts of expertise from any text—but at a terrible cost—Lucas fights time itself to decipher cryptic codes before the watchers unleash a calamity greater than anything they tried before. Haunted by memory lapses each time he uses his watch, Lucas treads a perilous line between saving the world and losing himself. As hidden tunnels flood and conspiracies spread beyond the library walls, Lucas, Reyes, and Fiona Farnsworth’s private security forces battle an ever-tightening net of sabotage. Shadows in the Archive delivers pulse-pounding suspense, eerie corridors, and a puzzle that could reshape civilizations—unless one man’s fragile gifts can stop an ancient doomsday from roaring back to life.