Some stories are meant to be read. Others are meant to be lived. And some... are meant to be deleted.Fay has the perfect job: manager of Lucius Shoppe of Books & Oddities, a dusty sanctuary in the city of Door where the impossible is just part of the inventory. With her unique ability to "Voice" reality-charming customers and smoothing over rough edges-she keeps the magic quiet and the coffee hot.But the quiet ends when Theron walks in.A brooding locksmith with iron in his soul and a dark debt to pay, Theron isn't looking for a book. He's looking for a breach. He warns Fay that the "Author"-a terrifying entity obsessed with order-has decided that the city of Door is too messy. Too chaotic. And it's time for a rewrite.When the city's history starts vanishing and gray-suited bureaucrats begin "hushing" the public library, Fay and Theron must form an uneasy alliance. Joined by a caffeine-addicted hacker and a tiny, book-eating dragon named Chapter, they are the only thing standing between their world and total erasure.They have the Ink. They have the Iron. Now, they just need to survive the first draft.