by Teena Kay

Created on: July 26, 2009   Last Updated: July 27, 2009

The fate of the world is in my hands? That's so... sad. (Flynn Carson)

There has always been room on screen for adventurers and treasure hunters. One of the best known ones is of course the Indiana Jones franchise which not only inspired four movies but also a television series based on the adventures of a young Indiana Jones. We watched movies like National Treasure or The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen where similar themes are explored.

So there should be room for a new adventurer, shouldn't there? Enter The Librarian! You may laugh but there is more to this job than meets the eye.

When mid thirties, eternal student Flynn Carsen (Noah Wyle) is kicked out of college, 22 degrees should be enough for anyone; he does not know what to do with his life.

A mysterious invitation to an interview at the Metropolitan Public Library and an even odder interview sees him hired as the new Librarian. What should be a boring job turns out nothing at all like a quiet day in the library.

This library houses a huge number of priceless artefacts, generally only known from stories and often put aside as myth or legend, Excalibur, Ali Baba's flying carpet, Pandora's Box, a live unicorn and the golden fleece to name but a few.

During a break in only one item was stolen, the Spear of Destiny (or at least one third of it). According to religious beliefs, the spear was used to establish Jesus' death on the crucifix. Due to its apparent mystical powers, it was broken into three parts and hidden across the globe so that it will be safe from ever being assembled again and used for unbelievable evil.

Only a couple of days in the job and still wet behind the ears, Flynn Carsen is sent to retrieve the other two parts of the spear before they fall into the wrong hands. The clues where to find the artefacts is found in a book of bird language nobody had been able to decode. To aid and protect him on his quest, the library sent out a bodyguard for him, a fellow employee of the library but more the adventurous type, Nicole Noone (Sonya Walger). She is still dealing with the fact that the last librarian got killed on her watch.

Carsen and Nicole are desperate to work out the clues before the bad guys can and find the remaining two parts of the spear and make it hole again. But nothing is as easy as it looks and coming face to face with the leader of the Serpent Brotherhood (Kyle MacLachlan), Nicole's past is catching up with her fast.

Find out if Carsen can rise to the occasion,

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