The Binding meets The Handmaids Tale - Discovering a book of dark and ancient power, a convent librarian must defend it with her life. Perfect for fans of dark academia and historical feminist fiction. Beatrice is the convents librarian. For years, she has shunned the company of her sisters, finding solace only with her manuscripts. Then, one carnival night, two women, bleeding and stricken, are abandoned outside the convents walls. Moments from death, one of them presses something into Beatrices hands: a bewitching book whose pages have a dangerous life of their own. But men of the faith want the book destroyed, and a zealous preacher has tracked it to her door. Her sisters lives - or her obsession. Beatrice must decide. The books voice is growing stronger. An ancient power uncoils. Will she dare to listen?
ALOIS NEBEL 
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