Stone sighed and shook his head.
“Take care of yourself, Gus.”
* * *
“One half of King Solomon’s Carpet, over to you.”
Baird dropped her end of the rolled-up carpet fragment onto the Annex floor in front of Jenkins. Stone did the same.
“Sorry about the skid marks,” she added.
Jenkins shrugged. “Few items in the Library are still in mint condition, Colonel, including yours truly.”
“I don’t know,” she said. “Looks to me like you’re holding up pretty well, considering the mileage.”
Jenkins arched an eyebrow. “I’ll strive to take that remark in the spirit with which it was intended.” He nudged the inanimate carpet with his shoe. “An unexpected addition to the Library’s collection. I’ll have to find precisely the right home for it. Perhaps the Enchanted Textiles wing, cross-referenced to the Middle Eastern Studies section? Who knows? Someday we may even be able to acquire the other half of the carpet … in due time.”
Baird wasn’t inclined to worry about that now. A hot bath and a good night’s sleep were calling her name. “So that’s it then? The Djinn is gone forever?”
“Scattered to the four winds, as I understand it,” Jenkins said. “I believe we can safely strike Aladdin’s Lamp from the list of loose magical objects once more. At some point, I suppose, I should inform the Court of Smoke of the outcome of your investigation … if and when I get around to it.”
“I leave that to your discretion.” Baird’s stomach growled, reminding her that she hadn’t eaten in hours. “Say, are there still any of those doughnuts left?”
“’Fraid not,” Ezekiel said, “but I might be able to remedy that situation.”
“Don’t even think about it.” Baird decided a bath could wait until they had all properly celebrated their victory. “Stone, Cassandra, Ezekiel, Jenkins, you up for a doughnut run? My treat.”
“Don’t have to twist my arm,” Stone said.
“Mine, either,” Cassandra said, “especially if we’re talking the ones with all the sprinkles on top.”
“I imagine shelving King Solomon’s Carpet can be put off until tomorrow,” Jenkins said. “Far be it from me to let the defeat of the Forty—and the dissolution of a mad Djinn—go unfêted.”
“What he said,” Ezekiel said. “Although you’re not really going to pay for the doughnuts, are you?”
“Watch me.”
It was a shame that Flynn was nowhere to be found. Baird couldn’t wait to tell him how she and her Librarians had finished one of his old cases for him, ten years after the fact.
The next time I see him, that is.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
GREG COX is the New York Times bestselling author of numerous books and stories. He has also written the official movie novelizations of Godzilla, Man of Steel, The Dark Knight Rises, Ghost Rider, Daredevil, Death Defying Acts, and the first three Underworld movies, as well as books and stories based on such popular series as Alias, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Farscape, The 4400, Leverage, Riese: Kingdom Falling, Roswell, Star Trek, Warehouse 13, Xena: Warrior Princess, and The X-Files. He is also a consulting editor for Tor Books.
He has received three Scribe Awards from the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers and lives in Oxford, Pennsylvania.
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CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
About the Author
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
THE LIBRARIANS AND THE LOST LAMP
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