"As if any land would rise up to serve a single man. A place lives far beyond that..." Bahorel's only half paying attention to himself; h's already got one of the books off the shelves and open, something with a wild spiraling staircase on the cover. "Ah, the books-- a few. The ones I'm thinking of for your vampire questions are just books; anyway they did nothing else to me. But I've come across a few that demand to be read in a certain order, or write themselves as you go."

He smiles. "I would not blame you if you didn't believe me about that part. But I'm letting you know, in case you find one; it's just something that happens here sometimes."