The Long Night

Tapping Spiders project Book 2 (currently in progress, title subject to revision)

In order to conform with the category of the first book, this one will be science fiction also, although once again I could argue for different categorization.

Marill's copy may be dead, having failed to protect the Artifact but the original Marill and her people are still very much alive. The spiders are nowhere to be found and even the shadows have vanished for the present but to replace them are hordes of nightmare creatures, a cage of impenetrable vines whose thorns and leaves cut like razors and other dangers which only appear as glowing eyes in the deepest shadows. To make matters worse, her creations are slowly crumbling around her and over everything there towers the spire, a dark and ominous obelisk, seemingly impervious to everything she'd created to fight the shadows.

For the Librarians, the loss of an entire Archive and the theft of the Artifact from the Vault has sent ripples of shock through the entire Order. Worse than this, however are the anomalies, strange events occurring with increasing frequency and randomness. The Council's Advocate has ordered the Library's mandate revoked but apparently on his own authority has appropriated the facility and it's personnel for his own purposes...