In the latest novel in Genevieve Cogman's historical fantasy series, Irene and Kai have to team up with an unlikely band of misfits to pull off an amazing art heist, or risk the wrath of a dangerous villain in his secret island lair.
A Librarian spy's work is never done, and after their latest adventure, Irene is summoned back to the Library. This is the world where she grew up and it is in danger of veering into chaos - so she needs to obtain a particular book to stop this happening. No copies of that book are available in the Library, so her only choice is to contact a mysterious Fae information broker and trader of rare objects: Mr Nemo.
Irene and Kai make their way to Mr Nemo's remote Caribbean island, and are invited to dinner - which includes unlikely company. Mr Nemo has an offer for everyone there. He wants them to form a team to steal a specific painting from a specific world. And he swears that that he will give an item from his collection to each of them - but only if
they bring it to him within the week.
No one can resist the deal. But to get their reward, they'll have to work together. And is this really possible when the team includes a dragon techie, a Fae thief, a gambler, a driver, and 'the muscle'? Their goal? A specific Museum in Vienna, in an early twenty-first-century world. Here, their toughest challenge might be each other.
A bookish adventure where a Librarian spy must fall in with a nefarious group - including dragons, fae and almost-criminals - to achieve her goals. Imagine Ocean's Eleven meets James Bond . . .
