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The Library Where Fear Went Missing

The Library Where Fear Went Missing

Sullivan, Jason

Paperback

FantasyMystery & Thriller

Currently unavailable to order

ISBN13: 9798256274597
Publisher: Jason Britton Sullivan
Pages: 124
Weight: 0.35
Height: 0.31 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

In the Athenaeum of Phobias, every fear humanity has ever known is preserved in books.Fear of heights. Fear of darkness. Fear of falling. Fear of fire. Even the deepest, most primal terror that keeps a human being alive.Louis Whitmore is the library's most unlikely guardian. A nervous, hyper-vigilant archivist plagued by countless phobias, Louis has spent his life cataloging the fears that protect humanity from its own worst instincts.Then the impossible begins.Books containing humanity's most fundamental fears start disappearing from the restricted archives. At the same time, the people of the city begin changing. They stop fearing heights, fire, darkness, disease, and death. What initially appears to be a miracle soon becomes something far more horrifying.Without fear, people no longer recognize danger.A man walks calmly into the path of a speeding carriage. Workers ignore lethal heights. Citizens welcome threats they once would have fled. The city is becoming eerily peaceful-and dangerously empty of instinct.Louis discovers that the thefts are being orchestrated by Felix Sterling, a former scholar who believes fear is nothing more than an obsolete biological weakness. With the help of his powerful ally Victoria Beaumont, Felix has been systematically harvesting the city's foundational fears in preparation for a final broadcast using the legendary Tome of Primal Terror.Their goal is simple: create a world without fear.But Louis understands the terrible truth they have forgotten. Fear is not merely suffering. It is the instinct that tells us what is precious, what is dangerous, and what must be protected. Without it, courage has no meaning, love has no weight, and survival becomes irrelevant.As Felix prepares to broadcast the final chapter of the Tome from the Great Clock Tower, Louis must confront the very fears that have controlled his entire life.For once, his anxiety is not his weakness.It may be humanity's last defense.The Library Where Fear Went Missing is a dark, atmospheric fantasy thriller about fear, survival, free will, and the fragile boundary between suffering and being alive.

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