

The publishing program kicks off on May 3 with the series’ debut title, Alcatraz vs. The Evil Librarians with the staggered release of repackaged paperback editions of the series’ earlier books over the summer months. Tor will pave the way for the release of Bastille vs. In the latest caper, Alcatraz is distressed after failing to save his father from Bilbioden, the Evil Librarian’s ancient founder, and the boy’s friend Bastille must step in to foil the villain’s plot to dominate the world. The middle-grade adventure continues the saga of Alcatraz Smedry, who is on a quest to retrieve his 13th birthday present from his parents, a bag of sand that holds the power to rule the universe, which was stolen by a secret cult of Evil Librarians.

The art for the cover, first revealed here, was created by Justin Gerard. The Evil Librarians series features illustrations by Hayley Lazo. Due from Tor’s Starscape imprint on September 20, the sixth hardcover installment of Sanderson’s Alcatraz vs. Sanderson also collaborated with Patterson on another new book scheduled for release this year: Bastille vs. I knew that Janci excels at writing first-person narratives from different viewpoints, and I knew she would do a great job. “Then I did the outlines and she wrote the stories.

“Janci and I spent quite a bit of time brainstorming and discussing writing the novellas from the perspectives of three different protagonists,” Sanderson explained.
