In the aftermath of her father and fiance's tragic deaths, Angela Crown withdraws into the fictional world of novels. Isolated and traumatized, she declares herself a "professional reader," championing the rights of the fictional.

Entering the world of her current reading material, Angela leads a rebellion among the book's characters, a decision which brings her into direct conflict with the author, who fights back with his most potent weapon-his own writing. His revisions pit Angela and her fictional followers against a vicious, author-worshipping gang of thugs, double agents, and...