In three-and-a-half stories, friends and roommates Bat, Cat and Rat share, joke, and read together.

"On the day Juliet Lansdown reports to work for the first time at Bethnal Green Library, it isn't the bustling hub she's been expecting. But in the face of German attacks, she's determined to make it a place where all of their neighbors feel safe and welcome. Katie Upwood is thrilled to be working at the library too, though she's only there until she heads off to university in the fall. But after the death of her beau on the front lines and unexpected...

"The man who became known as Esrahaddon is reported to have destroyed the world's greatest empire--but there are those who believe he saved it. Few individuals are as divisive, but all agree on three facts: He was exiled to the wilderness, hunted by a goblin priestess, and sentenced to death by a god--all before the age of eight. How he managed to survive and why people continued to fear his name a thousand years later has always been a mystery...until...