Among the crew is Kat, a Google employee and digital wizard, commanding code as well as a legion of distant computers. Could computers solve the paper puzzle? To assist him on his heroic quest, Clay collects a motley band of assistants. Late-night boredom catalyzes curiosity, and soon Clay discovers that the books are part of a vast code, a code the book borrowers have been trying to crack for centuries. Clay is forbidden to open the books yet required to describe the borrowers in great detail. Yet, just behind the commercial section, the shelves reach high toward the shadowy ceiling, crammed with a staggeringly large collection of books: a lending library for a small, peculiar group of people. Narrow and tall, the bookstore is an odd place, with its severely limited selection of books to sell. Penumbra’s store and, seemingly on the basis of his love for The Dragon-Song Chronicles, lands himself a job as the night clerk. Art school graduate and former NewBagel web designer Clay needs a job. Sloan’s debut novel takes the reader on a dazzling and flat-out fun adventure, winding through the interstices between the literary and the digital realms. The trick is to notice the secret in front of you. All the best secrets are hidden in plain sight.
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