348 pages
English language
Published 2005 by Harcourt.
About to depart on his first vacation in years, Edward Wozny, a hot-shot young investment banker, is sent to help one of his firm's most important and mysterious clients. When asked to uncrate and organize a personal library of rare books, Edward's indignation turns to intrigue as he realizes that there may be a unique medieval codex hidden among the volumes, a treasure kept locked away for many years and for many reasons. As friends draw Edward into a peculiar and addictive computer game, his obsession deepens as he discovers surprising parallels between the game's virtual reality and the mystery of the codex. An accomplished and entertaining thriller, Codex explores the mysterious power of books in the medieval and modern ages.
If you've read all the [book:The Magicians|6101718] books, which you should if you had any affection for the Narnia books, you might want more Lev Grossman.
This one moves along and the characters are interesting. But if you want to feel like you know what's going on when a story ends, I think you have to be smarter than me.
I don't know if this really qualifies as fantasy.
