The Paper Magician

　　帶著一顆破碎的心，不久前才以優異成績自魔法學校畢業的Ceony Twill來到魔法師Emery Thane的家。原本以為自己能成為期待已久的金屬魔法師，沒料到最終被分派來做紙花魔術師學徒。更讓人洩氣的是，一旦與紙花沾上邊，未來將永遠都只能用紙來變魔術了。

　　雖然心有不甘，Ceony還是一如既往認真地學習紙花魔術。隨著與紙相處的時間越來越長，她慢慢體會到紙張難以言喻的神奇力量，好比說透過魔法讓紙張幻化成會動的紙獸、幽靈般的形象，甚至能像水晶球般讀出未來的命運……，這些超乎想像的成果，讓她對紙花魔法徹底改觀。

　　某日，有個不請自來的闇黑魔法師粗暴地將Thane的心臟剖出帶走。為了拯救恩師的心，Ceony必須鼓起勇氣對抗眼前的邪惡勢力，她有機會贏回老師的心嗎？紙張又將為這次的冒險帶來什麼樣的幫助？（文／博客來編譯）

　　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.