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Fantasy Book Club

"The Tainted Cup" by Robert Jackson Bennett

2024-12-04 18:30:00 2024-12-04 19:30:00 America/New_York Fantasy Book Club Hillsborough librarian David Sastre leads a fun and engaging discussion of a monthly Sci-Fi, Fantasy, or Horror read! This month, the group will be discussing "The Tainted Cup" by Robert J. Bennett! Hillsborough branch - Conference Room

Wednesday, December 04
6:30pm - 7:30pm

Add to Calendar 2024-12-04 18:30:00 2024-12-04 19:30:00 America/New_York Fantasy Book Club Hillsborough librarian David Sastre leads a fun and engaging discussion of a monthly Sci-Fi, Fantasy, or Horror read! This month, the group will be discussing "The Tainted Cup" by Robert J. Bennett! Hillsborough branch - Conference Room

Hillsborough branch

Conference Room

Hillsborough librarian David Sastre leads a fun and engaging discussion of a monthly Sci-Fi, Fantasy, or Horror read! This month, the group will be discussing "The Tainted Cup" by Robert J. Bennett!

In Daretana’s most opulent mansion, a high Imperial officer lies dead—killed, to all appearances, when a tree spontaneously erupted from his body. Even in this canton at the borders of the Empire, where contagions abound and the blood of the Leviathans works strange magical changes, it’s a death at once terrifying and impossible.

Called in to investigate this mystery is Ana Dolabra, an investigator whose reputation for brilliance is matched only by her eccentricities.

At her side is her new assistant, Dinios Kol. Din is an engraver, magically altered to possess a perfect memory. His job is to observe and report, and act as his superior’s eyes and ears--quite literally, in this case, as among Ana’s quirks are her insistence on wearing a blindfold at all times, and her refusal to step outside the walls of her home.

Din is most perplexed by Ana’s ravenous appetite for information and her mind’s frenzied leaps—not to mention her cheerful disregard for propriety and the apparent joy she takes in scandalizing her young counterpart. Yet as the case unfolds and Ana makes one startling deduction after the next, he finds it hard to deny that she is, indeed, the Empire’s greatest detective.

As the two close in on a mastermind and uncover a scheme that threatens the safety of the Empire itself, Din realizes he’s barely begun to assemble the puzzle that is Ana Dolabra—and wonders how long he’ll be able to keep his own secrets safe from her piercing intellect.

Featuring an unforgettable Holmes-and-Watson style pairing, a gloriously labyrinthine plot, and a haunting and wholly original fantasy world, The Tainted Cup brilliantly reinvents the classic mystery tale.

AGE GROUP: | Adult |

EVENT TYPE: | Book Discussion |

TAGS: | #sci-fi | #reading | #horror | #fantasy | #bookdiscussion | #Book Discussion | #book club |

Hillsborough branch

hillsborough@sclibnj.org
Phone: 908-458-8420

Hours
We're closed Tuesday November 19 due to Staff In-Service Day
Mon, Nov 18 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, Nov 19 Closed
(Staff In-Service Day)
Wed, Nov 20 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Thu, Nov 21 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, Nov 22 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Nov 23 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sun, Nov 24 1:00PM to 5:00PM

Upcoming events

Thu, Nov 21, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Conference Room

Thu, Nov 21, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Children's Room

Thu, Nov 21, 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Conference Room

Thu, Nov 21, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Program Room AB

Fri, Nov 22, 10:30am - 11:00am
Program Room A

Fri, Nov 22, 10:30am - 11:00am

Fri, Nov 22, 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Children's Program Tables

Fri, Nov 22, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Conference Room

Sat, Nov 23, 11:00am - 4:00pm

Sat, Nov 23, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Children's Room

Mon, Nov 25, 1:30pm - 3:00pm
Program Room AB

Mon, Nov 25, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
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Tue, Nov 26, 10:30am - 11:00am
Program Room AB

Tue, Nov 26, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Children's Room

Tue, Nov 26, 7:00pm - 7:50pm
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Wed, Nov 27, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Program Room AB

Rescheduled
Wed, Nov 27, 5:30pm - 7:30pm
New date Thursday, November 21, 5:30pm - 7:30pm

Sat, Nov 30, 11:00am - 4:00pm

Sat, Nov 30, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Children's Room

Mon, Dec 02, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Conference Room

Tue, Dec 03, 10:30am - 11:00am
Program Room AB

Tue, Dec 03, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Conference Room

Tue, Dec 03, 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Program Room AB

Tue, Dec 03, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Conference Room

Wed, Dec 04, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
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Thu, Dec 05, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Conference Room

Thu, Dec 05, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Children's Room

Fri, Dec 06, 10:30am - 11:00am
Program Room A

Fri, Dec 06, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Conference Room

Sat, Dec 07, 11:00am - 4:00pm

Sat, Dec 07, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Children's Room

Tue, Dec 10, 10:30am - 11:00am
Program Room AB

Tue, Dec 10, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Program Room A

Wed, Dec 11, 10:30am - 11:00am
Program Room AB

Wed, Dec 11, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Program Room AB

Wed, Dec 11, 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Conference Room

Thu, Dec 12, 10:30am - 11:00am
Program Room AB

Thu, Dec 12, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Program Room B
This event is full

Thu, Dec 12, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Children's Program Tables

Thu, Dec 12, 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Program Room AB
This event is full

Fri, Dec 13, 10:30am - 11:00am
Program Room A

Sat, Dec 14, 11:00am - 4:00pm

Sat, Dec 14, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
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Mon, Dec 16, 1:30pm - 3:00pm
Program Room AB

Mon, Dec 16, 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Program Room B

Mon, Dec 16, 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Conference Room

Tue, Dec 17, 10:30am - 11:00am
Program Room AB

Tue, Dec 17, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Program Room B
Registration opens Tuesday, November 26 2024 at 9:00am

Tue, Dec 17, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Program Room A

Tue, Dec 17, 7:00pm - 7:50pm
Conference Room

Wed, Dec 18, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Conference Room

Wed, Dec 18, 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Conference Room
This event is full

Thu, Dec 19, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Program Room A

Fri, Dec 20, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Conference Room

Sat, Dec 21, 11:00am - 4:00pm

Sat, Dec 21, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Children's Room