The books, the boy and the night

About the Preciousness of Books

Dense fog swirls through the streets of the book city Leipzig in 1933, as evil takes hold. Here unfolds the tragic love story of the bookbinder Jakob Steinfeld and a mysterious young woman. Juli has written a book that she wants to entrust only to him. But soon after, she disappears without a trace.

Almost forty years later, Jakob's son Robert has also succumbed to the allure of books. When librarian Marie asks him to assist her with a task from the enigmatic publishing family Pallandt, they stumble upon the mystery of a book whose history is closely intertwined with Robert's own - it is the key to his parents' fate.

Kai Meyer's novels have been adapted into film, audio drama, and graphic novel, and have received awards both domestically and internationally. He has published over 50 books, with translations available in 30 languages.