Slate is a cliffhanger a person who tracks down specific books on the skyscraper-like shelves deep within theLibrary of Doom. Slate boastshe can find any book, even the onenoLibrarian hasbeen able tolocate: THESCRAWLER. To prove his worth, Slate braves the forbidden Black Shelves, a maze so dark and cold that all sound is sucked from the air and no words can be spoken. But before Slate can locate the long-lost book, he finds more than he bargained for . . ."