Today, agent morgans mission is to retrieve a book from a humble soho shop owned by the eccentric a. The invisible library genevieve cogman spoilers the. Cogman has also worked as a freelance roleplaying author. The invisible library new hampshire state library overdrive. Kai x irene, except they are both students on the library, except kai is a spy, except irene is 100 times dorkier, except the narrator doesnt make much sense while narrating it because thats me and i dont know what im doing. The first entry in cogmans debut fantasy series follows the adventures of feisty spy irene. The invisible library by genevieve cogman pan macmillan. The invisible library follows the story of irene, a young professional spyagent for the library. Their mission is to steal a dangerous book from an alternative london. Irene is a professional spy for the mysterious library, a shadowy organization that collects important works of fiction from all of the different realities. The invisible library southern tier library system overdrive.
At the beginning of the story, irene is introduced as a professional spy, who is required to be on display game or else she will be taken off from the case that she is working on. Irenes new assistant is also hiding secrets of his own. The invisible library delaware county library system. The library is a massive library that exists in its own time and space and which stores books from all realities this book is big on the idea of the multiverse. Her back was complaining, but that was only normal after an evenings work cleaning. The invisible library the invisible library series book 1 kindle. It has lots of action, great characters and world building. Jan 15, 2015 the first in a gripping, adventurous series, the invisible library is the astounding debut from genevieve cogman.
Irene is no ordinary librarian, and her employer no ordinary library. The invisible library genevieve cogman works archive of. The library is known harvest fiction from the different realities. Soon, shes up to her eyebrows in a heady mix of danger, clues and secret societies. The first in a gripping, adventurous series, the invisible library is the astounding debut from genevieve cogman. Irene must be at the top of her game or shell be shelve the invisible library. While the poll for februarys hiatus pick for vaginal fantasy was going on, there were a ton of comments about how good this book was. Professional spy irene works for the mysterious library, along with her enigmatic assistant kai. I want to live in this world of the invisible library. Genevieve cogman is a british author of fantasy literature and roleplaying games. A trapdoor in the roof heaved, straining against rusted hinges. Shes employed by the mysterious organization known as the library, which exists across space and time, to.
Irene is a professional spy for the mysterious library, a shadowy organiza. Besides haruki murakamis kafka on the shore, the invisible library by genevieve cogman was the book that i was looking forward to reading the most from last months tbr. There is a mysterious library, which has acquired the services of irene to spy for something. Cogman has an msc in statistics with medical applications.
The invisible library exists between alternate worlds, and its agents collect books from the different dimensions and bring them to the library for preservation. The invisible library by genevieve cogman smart bitches. The invisible library series reminds us reading can be. Irene must be at the top of her game, or shell be off the case permanently. She works for the library, a sprawling mass of endless shelves. The invisible library albuquerque bernalillo county library. The invisible library the free library of philadelphia. Yet failure is not an option the nature of reality itself is at stake. Irene winters not her real name, and yes shes named for that woman, as holmes refers to irene adler. As irene herself rues from time to time, her life is filled with more giant spiders, werewolf attacks, flying sleighs, and dragon sidekicks than they warn you about in your mlis program. Cogman has delivered up an exciting world of dragons, fairies, werewolves, giant robot insects, metal reptiles.
Every alternate has a different history, for example the one that irene and kai are in for most of the book is a reality where the british never conquered india and russia colonized china and japan. Irene is a librarian who is sent with a student, kai, to retrieve a unique edition of fairy tales by an alternate reality version of the grimm brothers. Irene is a professional spy for the mysterious library, which harvests fiction from different realitie. Jan 16, 2018 the lost plot by genevieve cogman is immensely satisfying and thoroughly entertaining, as is the whole series. Jan 29, 2018 genevieve cogmans the invisible library is the first in the eponymous series, with four books published and a fifth in the offing. The invisible library lexington county public library. The stories are a genrecrossing mixture of steampunk, fantasy, and holmesian detective fiction.
Irene is a professional spy for the mysterious library, which harvests fiction from different realities. The library is a place out of time where all of the books from various worlds are collected in order to maintain the balance between chaos and order. Collecting books can be a dangerous prospect in this fun, timetraveling, fantasy adventure from a spectacular debut author. Jun 14, 2016 after being commissioned to find a rare book, librarian irene and her assistant, kai, head to prohibitionera new york and are thrust into the middle of a political fight with dragons, mobsters, and fae in this novel in the invisible library series. Irene, the librarian, with a capital l is tasked to seek out and deliver an important version of grimms fairy tales to the library. And along with her enigmatic assistant kai, shes posted to an. And far from a tooearnest glorification of the written word, the invisible library books remember that reading can also be more fun than just about anything else. A little gem of a fantasy novel, the invisible library is smart and elegant and bewitching. The invisible library audiobooks listen to the full series. The invisible library publishers summary the first installment of an adventure featuring stolen books, secret agents, and forbidden societies think doctor who with librarian spies.
Apr 01, 2017 the invisible library by genevieve cogman edit the first installment of an adventure featuring stolen books, secret agents and forbidden societies think doctor who with librarian spies. The invisible library novel genevieve cogman librarian irene and her assistant kai travel through time and dimensions, fighting supernatural creatures of chaos, to track down the most important books in all of the worlds in this fun and adventurous fantasy series. Collecting books can be a dangerous prospect in this fun, timetraveling, fantasy adventurethe first in the invisible library series. The invisible library is the astouding debut by genevieve cogman, and the first novel in the invisible library series. The invisible library by genevieve cogman goodreads.
The invisible library is about a worldtraveling librarian shes even more awesome than a regular librarian though, irene, and her secretive assistant, kai. The invisible library the ohio digital library overdrive. Irenekai the invisible library works archive of our own. Most recently, she and her enigmatic assistant kai have been sent to an alternative london. Irene is a professional spy for the mysterious library, a shadowy organization that collects important works of fiction from all of the. Plus, there are mobsters, holierthanthough cops, and dragons flying around fighting each other.
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