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  • Published: 24 September 2019
  • ISBN: 9781632368454
  • Imprint: Kodansha
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 272
  • RRP: $21.99

Magus of the Library 2



A story about a poor boy swept away by a kind library mage and the (literal) magic of reading, Magus of the Library is a beautifully-drawn, spirited fantasy adventure, like a Fullmetal Alchemist for all ages!


Ages 13 and up.

A story about a poor boy swept away by a kind library mage and the (literal) magic of reading, Magus of the Library is a beautifully-drawn, spirited fantasy adventure, like a Fullmetal Alchemist for all ages!


Ages 13 and up.

Ambition Tested

Theo has set out from his hometown on a journey to the great city of Aftzaak with three goals: to see the city he's longed for his whole life, to take the test to become a Kafna, and to return the book lent to him by Sedona seven years earlier--the book that changed his life. The journey is difficult and the road long, but the world is filled with things for a young scholar like Theo to learn. Yet no matter how prepared he feels, the test that awaits Theo in Aftzaak is unlike anything he's faced before...

  • Published: 24 September 2019
  • ISBN: 9781632368454
  • Imprint: Kodansha
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 272
  • RRP: $21.99

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Praise for Magus of the Library 2

Japanese customer reviews
"A beautiful story that deserves to be read in print. This is a series you will want to spread out on paper and enjoy. With minutely-detailed art and impressive spreads... [Magus of the Library] subverted my expectations in the happiest way."
"An exquisite balance between reality and fantasy... This first volume feels like a prologue to a magnificent story."
"A perfect first volume. I don't write many reviews these days, but this book was so good it made me feel I had to tell the world!"