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Collecting books can be a dangerous prospect in this fun, time-traveling, fantasy adventure—the first in the Invisible Library series! One thing any Librarian will tell you: the truth 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 of the different realities. Most recently, she and her enigmatic assistant Kai have been sent to an alternative 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—because it isn’t just Irene’s reputation at stake, it’s the nature of reality itself... FEATURING BONUS MATERIAL: including an interview with the author, a legend from the Library, and more!
Series
8 primary booksThe Invisible Library is a 8-book series with 8 primary works first released in 2014 with contributions by Genevieve Cogman and Arno Hoven.
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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