Slate is a cliffhanger?a person who tracks down specific books on the skyscraper-like shelves deep within theÿLibrary of Doom. Slate boastsÿhe can find any book, even the oneÿnoÿLibrarian hasÿbeen able toÿlocate:ÿTHEÿSCRAWLER. 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 . . .