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ONE THING ANY LIBRARY WILL TELL YOU: THE TRUST IS MUCH STRANGER THAN FICTION...
Irene is a professional spy for the mysterious Library, a shadowy organization that collects important works of fiction from all the different realities. Most recently, she and her enigmatic assistant, Kai, have been sent to an alternate London. Their mission: Retrieve a particularly dangerous book. The problem: By the time they arrive, it's already been stolen.
London's underground factions are prepared to fight to the death to find the tome before Irene and Kai do, a problem compounded by the fact that this world is chaos infested--the laws of nature bent to allow supernatural creatures and unpredictable magic to run rampant. To make matters worse, Kai is hiding something--secrets that could be just as volatile as the chaos-filled world itself.
Now Irene is caught in a puzzling web of deadly danger, conflicting clues, and sinister secret societies. And failure is not an option--becuase it isn't just Irene's reputation at stake; it's the nature of reality itself...
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8 primary booksThe Invisible Library is a 8-book series with 8 primary works first released in 2014 with contributions by Genevieve Cogman.
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This debut novel about a spy who collects books from alternate worlds for the Library, an organization that exists outside time and space, is so much fun. I was very glad to see the announcement today that it will be released in the US next year!
Full Review: http://www.fantasybookcafe.com/2015/07/review-of-the-invisible-library-by-genevieve-cogman/
This. Book. Was. Amazing. I couldn't put it down. I want to be a librarian/spy/badass wielder of The Language with a crazy cool tattoo. How do I apply? Where do I send my resume and do they take respiratory therapists, or do you need a master's degree? I'm babbling. But seriously this book was so good.
This was such a unique story! Loved the magic system. Buuut the story really dragged in some places. It took me forever to finish it
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