try:
author, title, book_id = after.split(SORT_KEY_SEP)
except ValueError:
- return []
+ return Book.objects.none()
return books.filter(Q(sort_key_author__gt=author)
| (Q(sort_key_author=author) & Q(sort_key__gt=title))
| (Q(sort_key_author=author) & Q(sort_key=title) & Q(id__gt=int(book_id))))