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This series plunges readers into the mysterious Archive, a vast realm where the dead are shelved like books, each holding a story to tell. Protagonists often become Librarians or Keepers, tasked with protecting this realm and preventing restless souls from awakening. Follow their journeys as they grapple with personal loss and ethical dilemmas while uncovering a conspiracy that threatens the very fabric of the afterlife.

Das Mädchen, das Geschichten fängt
The Unbound. An archived novel.
The Dark Vault
The Archived

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  1. 1

    The Archived

    • 352 pages
    • 13 hours of reading
    4.0(30124)Add rating

    Imagine a place where the dead rest on shelves like books. Each body has a story to tell, a life seen in pictures that only Librarians can read. The dead are called Histories, and the vast realm in which they rest is the Archive. Da first brought Mackenzie Bishop here four years ago, when she was twelve years old, frightened but determined to prove herself. Now Da is dead, and Mac has grown into what he once was: a ruthless Keeper, tasked with stopping often-violent Histories from waking up and getting out. Because of her job, she lies to the people she loves, and she knows fear for what it is: a useful tool for staying alive. Being a Keeper isn't just dangerous-it's a constant reminder of those Mac has lost. Da's death was hard enough, but now that her little brother is gone too, Mac starts to wonder about the boundary between living and dying, sleeping and waking. In the Archive, the dead must never be disturbed. And yet, someone is deliberately altering Histories, erasing essential chapters. Unless Mac can piece together what remains, the Archive itself might crumble and fall. In this haunting, richly imagined novel, Victoria Schwab reveals the thin lines between past and present, love and pain, trust and deceit, unbearable loss and hardwon redemption.

    The Archived
  2. 1

    Das Mädchen, das Geschichten fängt

    Roman

    • 431 pages
    • 16 hours of reading

    Wenn ein Mensch stirbt, wird seine Lebensgeschichte in einer Art Bibliothek abgelegt. Manchmal jedoch erwachen die Geschichten und versuchen in die Welt der Lebenden zurückzukehren. Dann kommt Mac ins Spiel, denn sie ist eine Hüterin und ihre Aufgabe ist es, die entlaufenen Geschichten zurückzubringen. Doch plötzlich häufen sich diese Vorfälle, und die Grenzen zwischen Leben und Tod drohen zu verschwimmen. Mac beschleicht der schreckliche Verdacht, dass jemand die Lebensgeschichten manipuliert. Gemeinsam mit dem Hüter Wes versucht Mac, dem Geheimnis auf die Spur zu kommen.

    Das Mädchen, das Geschichten fängt
  3. 2

  • The Dark Vault

    • 692 pages
    • 25 hours of reading
    4.2(1730)Add rating

    Imagine a place where the dead rest on shelves like books. Each body has a story to tell, a life seen in pictures only Librarians can read. The dead are called Histories, and the vast realm in which they rest is the Archive. Mackenzie Bishop's grandfather first brought her here four years ago, when she was twelve years old, frightened but determined to prove herself. Now her grandfather is dead, and Mac has grown into what he once was: a ruthless Keeper, tasked with stopping often violent Histories from waking up and getting out. Because of her job, she lies to the people she loves, and she knows fear for what it is: a useful tool for staying alive. Follow Mackenzie as she explores the boundary between living and dying, sleeping and waking, through these two timeless novels, now bound together in this thrilling collection. With stunning prose and a captivating mixture of action, romance, and horror, The Dark Vault delves into a richly imagined world where no choice is easy and love and loss feel like two sides of the same coin.

    The Dark Vault