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Magic is real. And it’s dangerous. It’s locked in books and relics imbued with power. But sometimes, whether by accident or by design, magic escapes and wreaks havoc upon the world. That’s when Team Three is deployed—known by their enemies as: The Bookburners.

Tasked with identifying and neutralizing magical threats anywhere in the world, the Bookburners are a cohort of special investigators from wildly different walks of life—a New York City detective, a Guatemalan priest, an indestructible woman from China, a techno-occultist from Ireland, and an inquisitive scholar from the Ivory Coast.

But each member of the Bookburners bears the scars of their own past magical trauma. What that means for the team, as they face horrors that threaten their sanity and their very lives, will cause them each to question their mission… and their faith in one another.

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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    • 4.5 • 222 Ratings

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Magic is real. And it’s dangerous. It’s locked in books and relics imbued with power. But sometimes, whether by accident or by design, magic escapes and wreaks havoc upon the world. That’s when Team Three is deployed—known by their enemies as: The Bookburners.

Tasked with identifying and neutralizing magical threats anywhere in the world, the Bookburners are a cohort of special investigators from wildly different walks of life—a New York City detective, a Guatemalan priest, an indestructible woman from China, a techno-occultist from Ireland, and an inquisitive scholar from the Ivory Coast.

But each member of the Bookburners bears the scars of their own past magical trauma. What that means for the team, as they face horrors that threaten their sanity and their very lives, will cause them each to question their mission… and their faith in one another.

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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    Bubbles of Earth, Part 1

    Bubbles of Earth, Part 1

    Sal and Liam run into trouble at the Lascaux caves . . . and find themselves sucked into theart—literally.

    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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    • 47 min
    Bubbles of Earth, Part 2

    Bubbles of Earth, Part 2

    Unexpected help comes when Sal’s brother Perry shows up after a year’s absence, but can they trust him?

    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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    • 46 min
    Faces of the Beast, Part 1

    Faces of the Beast, Part 1

    Father Menchú and Liam investigate a disturbance in a small town in Spain, confronting a cen-turies-old werewolf curse.

    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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    • 40 min
    Faces of the Beast, Part 2

    Faces of the Beast, Part 2

    On loan to Team One for a mission to New Zealand, Sal finds herself in close quarters with Grace for the first time since Grace left TeamThree.

    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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    • 44 min
    Hard Bargain, Part 1

    Hard Bargain, Part 1

    With Asanti barred from fieldwork, Liam recovering from injuries, and Father Menchú still reeling from his encounter with Hannah, it falls to Sal and Grace to attend the Market Arcanum.

    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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    • 42 min
    Hard Bargain, Part 2

    Hard Bargain, Part 2

    At the Market Arcanum, Sal and Grace attempt to complete a trade that was set up by Asanti, but the transaction doesn’t go as expected.

    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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    • 34 min

Customer Reviews

4.5 out of 5
222 Ratings

222 Ratings

Muzak571 ,

Immersive

The podcast creates an immersive story that tranports you into its world. The audio acting really brings the script and story to life.

The only downside, the reason for the 4 stars and not 5, is that as excellent as the audio acting is, the performer cannot do accents. Any accents. They are just bad , sometimes almost to the point of being insulting.. They sadly take me right out of the story every time I hear them. Unfortunate, as I think the performer has the acting skills to have engaged the audience using other techniques.

amazed1009 ,

Creative and great characters

Perry has really developed into my favorite character in this pod. And Book Burners is my favorite podcast.

AEA0412 ,

Great story

I was skeptic at first, but hang in for an episode or two. It’s an addictive story line with some fun humor scattered about.

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