Badge, Book, and Candle
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Detective Sally Brooks investigates an unusual robbery, and discovers that magic is real—and hungry! NYPD Detective Sal Brooks is no rookie—but even the most hardened cop would think twice when they see their brother open a book and become . . . well . . . something entirely not their brother. When her attempts to solve the case cross paths with a mysterious team led by a priest, she starts to realize that the world is far more than what is seems, and, just maybe, magic is real—and hungry. This episode is the first in a 16-part Serial, Bookburners, presented by Serial Box. From a team of writers, this collaborative effort unfolds an epic urban fantasy narrative across an entire season in weekly installments.
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44 released books#1.1 in Bookburners
Bookburners is a 44-book series first released in 2015 with contributions by Mur Lafferty, Brian Francis Slattery, and Max Gladstone.
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Longer than a short story; shorter than a novella,
Although this is actually the first part of an extended novel, the story holds together as a self-contained unit. This is the part of the book that introduces us to the characters and concept of the story. So, we meet Sal, a police officer, whose brother, Perry, brings a book to her apartment while nebulously rambling about being stalked by “book burners.” Before you can say “Cthulhu's your uncle,” he's possessed and Sal meets three Vatican archivist/operatives, whose task is to locate and sequester objects that bring demons from beyond into our world. The Vatican operatives include a priest, a female kick-ass martial artist, and an Irish man who got into the supernatural too deep.
This was an engaging story with good potential for the series.
