The Magic Library 'Manytale'

An absolute 10/10 rating according to readers’ reviews from South Korea’s largest book retailer, Kyobo Book.

It makes the top lists in the categories of “Contemporary Fiction” and “Fantasy” in South Korea.

There is a library where neither novels nor chronicles are kept. On its shelves are lives that someone has lived.

Meniteel is a mysterious repository of books that record the fate of every person: words, deeds, and even thoughts. Everything that appears on its pages inevitably becomes reality, and the final period in a book equals death.

The wardens—Bears—are responsible for keeping these volumes safe. They are Keepers without their own stories, bound by a strict prohibition against interfering in someone else’s lot.

Young Keeper Aisha begins her service at Meniteel and for the first time comes into contact with human destinies full of pain and difficult decisions. As she uncovers the library’s secrets—from irreparable “first lines” to the mysterious “threads of fate” that connect people—she must understand what the cost of impartiality is when protecting one destiny harms another. And can the Bears, guarding other people’s stories, find their own meaning and value?