Cave of Wonders: Infinity Ring, Book 5
Language: English
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ISBN: B00DC4Z7TA
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What marvels and mysteries await Dak, Sera, and Riq in the Golden Age of Baghdad? Europe is in the grip of the Dark Ages, but there is a light in the dark: Baghdad. The great city has become a center of learning, populated by scholars, merchants, and explorers from all across the known world. But danger lurks in the desert...and Dark, Sera, and Riq must act fast to save the world's greatest library from utter destruction.
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Hystorian or a Time Warden, and since he still doubted they’d find any Time Wardens here in the House of Wisdom, the moment had come for them to stick their necks out once again. He looked at Sera and Dak, and gave a little shrug. He was going for it. “We came here by something you might think is impossible,” he said. “Oh?” Abi asked. “Yeah, you could say our . . . boat travels backward up the river.” Abi cocked his head. “I see. Come, let me show you more of the House of Wisdom.” He
There is nothing you can do to change the course of history.” Dak snapped upright. He looked at Riq, then up at Guo Kan. “You’re SQ.” Dak had walked himself and Riq right into the hands of the enemy. “And you are Hystorians.” Guo Kan smiled again. “Correction. You were Hystorians. Now where is the other one?” “Other what?” Riq said. “The girl.” Dak almost gasped. “Wh-what girl?” “The girl my spies tell me you’ve been seen with.” “We don’t know who you’re talking about,” Riq said.
keep them from noticing,” Dak said. “And I’ve got an idea for that, too.” Dak explained it to them, and they were both quiet. So was Abi. “Dak?” Sera finally said. “Yes?” “I think this might be one of your good ideas.” Dak smiled with a bit of pride. “Let’s hope it works.” The rest of that night, they rehearsed what they would do when the guards came. Riq tossed the knife and pick to Abi, managing to land them both right through the bars, and Abi cut some silk and did the same thing with
The four of them left their cells and looked down the hallway. Riq had no idea where the guards were, but he was pretty sure he remembered how to get from their cells back to the front door. “Follow me,” he said. “Quietly.” He led them down the hallway and around a couple of turns, each time listening carefully before peering around the corner. The place was deserted. The guards weren’t anywhere to be seen. “Looks like nobody comes here,” Riq said. “I bet the vizier picked this place so we
library took four hundred camels to move. Even I think that’s a lot of books for one dude.” “But we need to find a specific library,” Sera said. “And a specific book.” Riq shook his head. “Let’s keep moving.” Sera grunted. She didn’t know what was going on with Riq, and she was trying to be patient, but she was kind of getting annoyed. Not much farther, the road turned sharply to the left, a canal running alongside it, sometimes visible, sometimes underground. Sera couldn’t even see the end