Unbound by Jim C Hines

Unbound by Jim C Hines

For five hundred years, the Porters have concealed the existence of magic from the world.
Now, old enemies have revealed the Porters secrets, and an even greater threat lurks in the shadows. The would-be queen Meridiana, banished for a thousand years, has returned in the body of a girl named Jeneta Aboderin. She seeks an artifact created by Pope Sylvester I, a bronze prison that would grant her the power to command an army of the dead. Michigan librarian Isaac Vainio is powerless to stop her, having been stripped of his power and his place among the Porters by Johannes Gutenberg himself. But Isaac is determined to regain his magic and to rescue his former student Jeneta. With no magic of his own, Isaac must delve into the darker side of black-market magic, where he will confront beings better left undisturbed, including the sorcerer Juan Ponce de Leon.
With his loyal fire-spider Smudge, dryad warrior Lena Greenwood, and psychiatrist Nidhi Shah, Isaac races to unravel a mystery more than a thousand years old as competing magical powers battle to shape the future of the world. He will be hunted by enemies and former allies alike, and it will take all his knowledge and resourcefulness to survive as magical war threatens to spread across the globe. Isaac s choices will determine the fate of his friends, the Porters, the students of Bi Sheng, and the world.
Only one thing is certain: even if he finds a way to restore his magic, he can t save them all .

Jim C.Hines is the author of the Magic ex Libris series, the Princess series of fairy tale retellings, and the amusing Goblin Quest trilogy, among other works. He's a prolific blogger who received the Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer in 2012. His family and he live in the mid-Michigan area.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780756409685
ISBN 10	0756409683
Title	Unbound
Author	Jim C Hines
Series	Magic Ex Libris
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Daw Books
Year published	2015-01-06
Number of pages	352
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.