Continuation of the story in the scenery of Victorian London. The trilogy “The Time of the Bibliomancers”, the prequel of which are “The Scent of Books” and “The Magic of Books”, was awarded a number of awards, including the most honorable prize in the field of literature in Germany - “Best German novel.” The street of London booksellers - shops, labyrinths of shelves full of books on faded paper. Mercy Amberdale runs her stepfather's antique bookstore here and practices book magic. Poisoned books and nightly rituals, a magical airship and a mysterious marquis draw the heroine into a whirlwind of deadly intrigue. The line between reality and fiction is slowly blurring, and if Mercy does not intervene, her world will be doomed - enemies will take it over.