That book is written in Varisian script, and the words bear a resemblance to the sound of Varisian - but they are complete gibberish. It appears obvious that whatever information is contained in the purple-bound tome with the scarab adornment is in some fashion encrypted.<br/><br/>The black-bound tome is a translation of a much older work. It's entitled "On Verified Madness"; according to some of the marginalia, it is translated and abridged from something written in Aklo and deals with the dark places between the stars and the entities dwelling there.