Description: Praise for the Magic ex Libris series: "I picked up the book meaning to read a few pages. My first thought was, 'This is a cool concept.' The second thing I thought was, 'This is really, really clever. ' The third thing I thought was, 'I should have gone to sleep three hours ago.'" --Patrick Rothfuss, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Wise Man's Fear "This may be Jim Hines' best work. Libriomancer is smart, silly, and deadly serious , all at the same time. It's a book about loving books. This is the magic librarian and ass-kicking dryad adventure story we've all been waiting for." --Seanan McGuire, New York Times- bestselling author of Chimes at Midnight "Butt-kicking librarians, pyrotechnic spiders, and vampires that don't suck--Jim Hines serves up an incendiary and fun new urban fantasy !" --Charles Stross, Hugo award-winning author " Libriomancer not only pulls magic from between the pages of books--from Gutenberg to Harris--but puts it there under Hines. This is a book for everyone who has ever wanted to pull Excalibur from the page ." --Tanya Huff, bestselling author of The Silvered " Nonstop action and laughter power Hines's riveting second journey into the 'peculiar life' of Isaac Vainio.... Like a good pinball game, Isaac's adventures are frantic, fascinating, and more than a little noisy. Hines supplies everything a reader needs - werewolves, ghosts, robot insects, a fire spider that eats candy, and homages to classic SF - for a very good time." -- Publishers Weekly "Hot damn, this book is pure geeky fun.... [A] love letter to science fiction and fantasy, with real emotional weight at the center of it -- except this version is a rollicking adventure story full of ridiculous little touches. It's a seriously fun ride." --io9 "An incredibly readable story that's straightforward without being predictable, and action-packed without being rushed . The main and supporting characters alike have complex and chaotic relationships and histories, and I look forward to seeing these unfold further in the books to come." --Wired "Isaac Vainio is a hero for the rest of us, the library nerds and bookworms.... [ Libriomancer ] is ardent wish fulfillment with a hefty dose of action, romance, literary pop trivia and just a pinch of social commentary." -- RT Book Reviews "Whenever I open a Jim Hines novel, I expect to have a good time - humor mixed with some soul pondering, deep character development, fast action, and snappy dialogue . So I was unsurprised that Libriomancer had all of these things in spades, plus a unique use of magic and a fractured and cobbled together cosmology that makes complete sense as a whole. What I didn't expect was to see myself in the pages. With Isaac Vainio, Hines has created a protagonist who not only knows and loves the same geek pop culture that I do, but who has a passion for books as deep as my own." --Black Gate

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