The Dark Talent
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Released | September 6, 2016 | ||||||
Publisher | Tor books | ||||||
ISBN | ISBN 978-0-7653-8140-8 |
Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians: The Dark Talent is the final book of the five-part series of books (Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians) written by Alcatraz.[1][2] Brandon has also referred to it as "Alcatraz versus His Own Stupid Self". It was released on September 6, 2016.
Cover Blurb
“Alcatraz Smedry has successfully defeated the army of Evil Librarians and saved the kingdom of Mokia. Too bad he managed to break the Smedry Talents in the process. Even worse, his father is trying to enact a scheme that could ruin the world, and his friend, Bastille, is in a coma. To revive her, Alcatraz must infiltrate the Highbrary–known as The Library of Congress to Hushlanders–the seat of Evil Librarian power. Without his Talent to draw upon, can Alcatraz figure out a way to save Bastille and defeat the Evil Librarians once and for all?”
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Summary
Behind the Scenes
Brandon always planned for the Alcatraz series to consist of five books, Scholastic, the original publisher, however, only bought the first four. For a variety of reasons, including Scholastic being unwilling to make a contract for the fifth book, Brandon bought back the rights in early 2013.[1] He later re-sold the series, including book 5, to Tor.[4]
Following a month of research for The Aztlanian, Brandon spent June 2014 writing the first draft of Alcatraz 5.[5]
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Notes
- ↑ a b State of the Sanderson
— Brandon's website - Jul 24th, 2013# - ↑ Calamity is Done Update
— Brandon's website - May 29th, 2015# - ↑ Revealing the FIFTH Book in Brandon Sanderson's Alcatraz Series!
— Tor.com - Sep 25th, 2015# - ↑ When is the next Alcatraz book coming out?
— Theoryland - March 21st, 2014# - ↑ State of the Sanderson: December 2014
— Brandon's website - Dec 18th, 2014#