"Charlie is a vibrant writer with an excellent voice and great world
building. I thoroughly enjoyed the Paper Magician." --Brandon
Sanderson, author of Mistborn and The Way of Kings
Ceony Twill arrives at the cottage of Magician Emery Thane with a broken
heart. Having graduated at the top of her class from the Tagis Praff
School for the Magically Inclined, Ceony is assigned an apprenticeship
in paper magic despite her dreams of bespelling metal. And once she's
bonded to paper, that will be her only magic...forever.
Yet the spells Ceony learns under the strange yet kind Thane turn out to
be more marvelous than she could have ever imagined--animating paper
creatures, bringing stories to life via ghostly images, even reading
fortunes. But as she discovers these wonders, Ceony also learns of the
extraordinary dangers of forbidden magic.
An Excisioner--a practitioner of dark, flesh magic--invades the cottage
and rips Thane's heart from his chest. To save her teacher's life, Ceony
must face the evil magician and embark on an unbelievable adventure that
will take her into the chambers of Thane's still-beating heart--and
reveal the very soul of the man.
From the imaginative mind of debut author Charlie N. Holmberg, The
Paper Magician is an extraordinary adventure both dark and whimsical
that will delight readers of all ages*.*
Short-Listed for the 2015 ALA Fantasy Reading List
