An adventure-packed modern day fantasy for sci-fi and book lovers alike.

"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 "This funny and fast-paced series opener...will be sure to surprise and entertain urban fantasy fans... Isaac is sure to be an instant fan favorite, and the secondary characters are vivid and multidimensional." Publishers Weekly "Pretty much geek porn for the urban fantasy set. It's meta-fictional and utterly awesome." Tor.com "This may be Jim Hines's 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 Discount Armageddon "All writers believe in the magic of books; Jim Hines has created a system where that magic becomes real, usable, and very definitely not always safe." -- Tanya Huff, Bestselling Author Of Blood Books

Jim C. Hines' is the author of Libriomancer as well as a number of other fantasy books. His short fiction has appeared in more than 40 magazines and anthologies. Jim lives in Michigan with his wife and two children. He's currently hard at work on Codex Born, the second book in the MAGIC EX LIBRIS series. Online, he can be found at http://www.jimchines.com.