When a mysterious wind blows the pages of a book stolen long ago from the Library of Doom, it turns them into sharp, bat-like objects that fly on their own, and only the Librarian can stop them from attacking a young reader.
The Librarian does battle against the shadow of Harry Gibbon, a bestselling author who finds a unique way of avenging himself for the critical comments some people made about his skills as a writer.
The Librarian rushes to the rescue when the Wordsmith and his brother, the Forger, trap three of the Librarian's devoted pages in a dangerous fortress.