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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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    • Publisher's Weekly

      June 3, 2013
      Nonstop action and laughter power Hines’s riveting second journey into the “peculiar life” of Isaac Vainio (after Libriomancer). Isaac has become a Porter, a member of an elite group that polices the magic of libriomancy. Assigned to mentor teenager Jeneta Aboderin, a budding libriomancer with a knack for working magic with e-books, Isaac continues his research into the ways that people can manifest items from the shared belief in books, testing his strengths and limits. Along with his lover, the dryad Lena, and her other partner, therapist Nidhi Shah, Isaac also begins investigating a series of vicious murders that may be related to magic contained in ancient Chinese texts, and he soon realizes that the people he trusts the most might be his enemies. 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. Readers are advised to begin with book one; the technical details of libriomancy are a bit dense for newcomers. Agent: Joshua Bilmes, JABberwocky Literary Agency.

    • Library Journal

      August 1, 2013

      Isaac Vainio belongs to a group of mages known as the Porters, an organization founded by Johannes Gutenberg to protect the innocent from wrongly used magic. As a libriomancer, Vainio has the power to pull creatures and objects from books. When he becomes involved in the search for the killer of a wendigo--a type of werewolf--in a town claimed as werewolf territory, Vainio realizes that the killer actually seeks to capture Lena Greenwood, Vainio's dryad lover and part of a love triangle that includes their psychiatrist Nidhi Shah, herself a Porter. As further complications arise, Vainio learns truths about his order and its still-living founder that make him question everything he knows about magic and about the Porters themselves. The sequel to Libriomancer delivers more pulp fantasy action that's infused with a genuine love for books and for creating unusual--and unusually likable--characters. VERDICT Bibliophiles and fantasy enthusiasts will enjoy the author's intelligent approach to both magic and literature.

      Copyright 2013 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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