A Hell of a Town, Part 1. A murder that’s clearly magical in nature calls Sal and Father Menchú back to New York City, urgent that the Bookburners figure out who’s pulling the strings—before it’s too late.

Bookburners is a Realm production voiced by Xe Sands, created by Max Gladstone, and written by Max Gladstone, Margaret Dunlap, Amal El-Mohtar, Mur Lafferty, Andrea Phillips, and Brian Francis Slattery. Listen away.

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