Libriomancer

First book in genre-bending urban fantasy series by Hugo Award-winning author Jim C. Hines
 
“Superior worldbuilding.” —Charlaine Harris • “Really, really clever.” —Patrick Rothfuss • “Magic librarian and ass-kicking dryad adventure story we’ve all been waiting for.” —Seanan McGuire
 
Isaac is a libriomancer, a member of a secret organization founded five centuries ago by Johannes Gutenberg to protect the world from supernatural threats. Libiomancers are gifted with the ability to magically reach into books and draw forth objects.
 
When Isaac is attacked by vampires that leaked from the pages of books into our world, he barely manages to escape. To his horror he discovers that vampires have been attacking other magic users as well, and Gutenberg has been kidnapped.
 
With the help of his fire-spider, Smudge, and Len­­a—a motorcycle-riding dryad who packs a pair of wooden swords—Isaac finds himself hunting the unknown dark power that has been manipulating humans and vampries alike. His search will uncover dangerous secrets and libriomancy, Gutenberg, and the history of magic....

Jim C. Hines is the author of the Jig the Dragonslayer trilogy and the Princess novels. His newest novel, Libriomancer, begins the Magic Ex Libris series, and the sequel, Codex Born, will be published in 2013. Jim's short stories have appeared in more than forty magazines and anthologies. He has a Masters in English from Eastern Michigan University, and he lives in Michigan with his wife and children, who have always shown remarkable tolerance for his bizarre and obsessive writing habits.