Vox Libri

<p>Skimming through the short passages the floating dust shimmered like raining glitter as it caught the light . . . An overwhelming wave of curiosity washed over. Plenty of books have caught Etta's eye before but none created such an urgency to belong to her.</p><p><br></p><p>Etta is relatively new to Northampton but has already established what she believes is a good routine - especially after getting a slow start. She has a steady job she procrastinates by playing online Scrabble she visits a local bookshop and befriends the curmudgeonly owner and she binges <em>Buffy</em> reruns.</p><p><br></p><p>Although content in her day-to-day Etta's roommate insists these habits will turn her into a hermit. Panicked Etta forces herself to connect with her co-worker Cane a spirited person always looking for an exciting tale. Together they discover <em>Vox Libri</em> a forgotten book of peculiar parables rumored to show the reader vivid vaudevillian hallucinations. And for better or worse the pair soon can't focus on anything else.</p><p><br></p><p>Everything that once kept Etta grounded dissolves as she finds any excuse to escape from the real world. In Cass Lauer's debut novel <em>Vox Libri</em> Etta must find her way back to regularity or risks drifting forever.</p>