In 2013, as Syrian government forces bombarded the pro-democracy city of Daraya, several local men began rescuing books from the ruins of deserted homes and secreting them in a hidden underground "library." Amidst the daily battle for survival, the library's devoted patrons found emotional and intellectual sustenance in the books, which provided escape from the chaos of war and fueled hope for a peaceful future. This is an incredible and timely story about the power of reading and the remarkable resiliance of the human spirit.