Endymion Spring

Endymion Spring is a children's fantasy novel by English Canadian author Matthew Skelton.

At some point during the drafting of his Ph.D., the character that would later become Blake simply appeared to Skelton, trapped in a library and begging for help.

The second story line follows the journey of Endymion Spring, a young printer's devil who works in Gutenberg's workshop, from his hometown in Mainz, Germany to Oxford, which was then a settlement of monks.

April Spisak described the novel as follows: Unfortunately, the interweaving of perspectives (Blake's story is told in third person, Endymion's is a first-person account) slow the pace and unbalance the narrative with their uneven alternation.

However, Skelton's earnest and daring protagonists may intrigue readers who are able to imagine the literary, and sometimes literal, treasures that could be found in dusty ancient books.