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Irene is a professional spy for the mysterious Invisible Library, an organization dedicated to collecting crucial works of fiction from across the multiverse. Together with her enigmatic assistant Kai, she is dispatched to an alternate London to retrieve a dangerous tome. Their arrival finds the book already stolen, and London’s underground factions are vying to secure it before they do. Amid chaotic magic, supernatural creatures, and a web of dangerous conspiracies, Irene must untangle deadly clues, confront a hidden secret in Kai, and protect not only her reputation but the fundamental nature of reality itself.
First publish date: 2014
Genre: Fantasy/Urban Fantasy
Authors: Genevieve Cogman
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