The Masked City - The Invisible Library

b>The second title in Genevieve Cogman's The Invisible Library series, The Masked City i/b>b>s a wonderful read for all those who enjoyed Mr Penumbra's 24 hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan, Jasper Fforde's The Eyre Affair or Ben Aaronovitch's Rivers of London./b>Librarian-spy Irene is working undercover in an alternative London when her assistant Kai goes missing. She discovers he's been kidnapped by the fae faction and the repercussions could be fatal. Not just for Kai, but for whole worlds. Kai's dragon heritage means he has powerful allies, but also powerful enemies in the form of the fae. With this act of aggression, the fae are determined to trigger a war between their people - and the forces of order and chaos themselves. Irene's mission to save Kai and avert Armageddon will take her to a dark, alternate Venice where it's always Carnival. Here Irene will be forced to blackmail, fast talk, and fight. Or face death.b>The Masked City contains bonus extra content - secrets from the Library!/b>

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I absolutely loved this ... flavored with truly unique mythology and a dash of the eldritch. Such clever, creepy, elaborate worldbuilding and snarky, sexy-smart characters! N. K. Jemisin on The Invisible Library (Book One)

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Genevieve Cogman, Genevieve Cogman Cogman (2)
• Verlag: Pan Books
• Sprache: Englisch
• Altersempfehlung: ab 18 Jahren
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 31.10.2015
• EAN: 9781447256250
• ISBN: 978-1-4472-5625-0
• Seiten: 368
• Abmessung: 130 mm x 200 mm x 25 mm
• Serien: Tor Books; The Invisible Library series; The Invisible Library; Die Bibliothekare; Die Bibliothekare; The Invisible Library series; The Invisible Library
• Themen: Belletristik > Science Fiction, Fantasy; Belletristik > Science Fiction, Fantasy > Fantasy; London, Greater London, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths, Crime & mystery, FICTION / Alternative History, FICTION / Fantasy / Urban, FICTION / Fantasy / Historical, FICTION / Fantasy / Dragons & Mythical Creatures, Italy