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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Daw Books
Publication date August 5, 2014
Pages 389
Binding Paperback
Book category Adult Fiction
ISBN-13 9780756408398
ISBN-10 0756408393
Dimensions 1.25 by 4.25 by 6.75 in.
Weight 0.40 lbs.
Original list price $7.99
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Hugo winner Jim C. Hines's hilarious and clever Magic ex Libris series, where books come alive and libriomancer Isaac Vainio combats magical threats that spring from the page

Five hundred years ago, Johannes Gutenberg discovered the art of libriomancy, allowing him to reach into books to create things from their pages. Gutenberg’s power brought him many enemies, and some of those enemies have waited centuries for revenge. Revenge which begins with the brutal slaughter of a wendigo in the northern Michigan town of Tamarack, a long-established werewolf territory.

Libriomancer Isaac Vainio is part of Die Zwelf Portenære, better known as the Porters, the organization founded by Gutenberg to protect the world from magical threats. Isaac is called in to investigate the killing, along with Porter psychiatrist Nidhi Shah and their dryad bodyguard and lover, Lena Greenwood. Born decades ago from the pages of a pulp fantasy novel, Lena was created to be the ultimate fantasy woman, strong and deadly, but shaped by the needs and desires of her companions. Her powers are unique, and Gutenberg’s enemies hope to use those powers for themselves. But their plan could unleash a far darker evil…



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from Daw Books (August 6, 2013)
9780756408169 | details & prices | 326 pages | 6.25 × 9.00 × 1.50 in. | 1.15 lbs | List price $24.95
Paperback
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from Daw Books (August 5, 2014)
9780756408398 | details & prices | 389 pages | 4.25 × 6.75 × 1.25 in. | 0.40 lbs | List price $7.99
About: Hugo winner Jim C.

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