When Alcatraz and Grandpa Smedry make apilgrimage to the Free Kingdom city of Crystallia,the Smedry home base, Alcatraz is shocked to seethat he is a legend. When he was a baby, he wasstolen by the Evil Librarians, and his mother, aLibrarian herself, was behind the whole thing.Now, with his estranged father, who is actingstrange indeed; his best friend Bastille, who hasbeen stripped of her armor; and Grandpa Smedry,who is, as always, late to everything (that's hisTalent), Alcatraz tries to save a city under siege.From whom? Why, the Librarians of course! And,in particular, an especially evil Librarian who hasfollowed the Smedrys to Crystallia in hopes ofshattering the city: Alcatraz's very own mother!In this third book in the Alcatraz Smedry series byacclaimed fantasy writer Brandon Sanderson, it'sup to Alcatraz, a boy with all the wrong Talents, tosave the day!