Celcha
A gifted enslaved worker whose encounter with the Library turns curiosity into radical judgment.
Hellet
Celcha’s broken, prophet-like brother, punished for opening a book and guided by two ghosts only he can see.
Livira
A librarian moving through the consequences of the first book’s closed temporal loop.
Evar
A survivor whose connection with Livira crosses the Library’s barriers of time and species.
Yute
A senior librarian whose principles are tested by the institution’s buried compromises.
The Assistant
A guide whose apparently helpful role remains tied to the Library’s larger design.
The skeer and sabbers
Peoples whose histories challenge the Library’s official division between civilization and threat.