Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore

After reading a heavy Tolkien tome, I needed something fun. "Mr Penumbra" fit the bill perfectly. It's a light romp through secret societies, ancient books, and Google. Clay has been laid off from his web designer job and finds work at a twenty-four hour bookstore. But it is no ordinary bookstore. It has a quirky owner and quirkier clientele who check out odd old tomes with unintelligible text. He quickly becomes obsessed with the books bringing in modern technology to unravel the mystery. Soon he is in the midst of a 500 year old secret society that might have the key to immortality.

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