Bookburners

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.

Fiction
Drama
51
S3 E11 - Oracle Bones, Part 1
Grace and Menchú have been called to China to help investigate a source of magic deep underground. But Grace hasn’t been summoned for her strength—she’s been summoned for her memories.
42 min
52
S3 E10 - Time Capsule, Part 2
Sal, Perry, and their parents are all in danger when magic mayhem is unleashed at a Vatican museum.
37 min
53
S3 E9 - Time Capsule, Part 1
Sal and Perry try to entertain their parents in Rome . . . without revealing how totally weird their lives have become.
33 min
54
S3 E8 - All in a Day's Work, Part 2
Unaware of Asanti’s experiments, Team Three is deployed to deal with the chaos. But while Menchú and the others are able to contain the damage, they’re left wondering just who started this out-break—and who the spirits were working for.
36 min
55
S3 E7 - All in a Day's Work, Part 1
The new, secret Team Four (Asanti, Perry, and Frances) plans a small experiment with magic in order to test their control. But the magical servants they summon interpret Asanti’s orders in a much more extreme way than intended.
32 min
56
S3 E6 - 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.
31 min
57
S3 E5 - 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.
38 min
58
S3 E4 - 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.
40 min
59
S3 E3 - 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.
36 min
60
S3 E2 - 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?
43 min
61
S3 E1 - Bubbles of Earth, Part 1
Sal and Liam run into trouble at the Lascaux caves . . . and find themselves sucked into theart—literally.
43 min
62
S2 E26 - The End of the Day, Part 2
Adapt or Die; stay the course or switch streams: those are the choices facing the Society as magic rises.
35 min
63
S2 E25 - The End of the Day, Part 1
The day of reckoning has arrived for both Asanti and the Society as a whole.
41 min
64
S2 E24 - Coming Home, Part 2
The Society is still reeling from the consequences of Ireland, but Team Three knows there’s still work to be done.
40 min
65
S2 E23 - Coming Home, Part 1
After the Network’s devastating blow, Team Three has enough enough.
35 min
66
S2 E22 - Shock and Awe, Part 2
Team Three confronts a magical event bigger and more terrifying than anything they’ve dealt with before.
41 min
67
S2 E21 - Shock and Awe, Part 1
The Network’s power play consumes an entire town.
39 min
68
S2 E20 - One With the World, Part 2
The scope of the Network’s plans is greater than Team Three thought possible, like a pebble that starts an avalanche.
35 min
69
S2 E19 - One With the World, Part 1
With Team Three more fractured than ever, the Network makes a terrifying move.
35 min
70
S2 E18 - The Village, Part 2
A train to Sweden takes a sudden turn down memory lane as Liam’s past horrors are laid bare.
34 min
71
S2 E17 - The Village, Part 1
Desperate for information, the Society turns to the mysterious Network for help, using Liam as bait.
40 min
72
S2 E16 - Present Infinity, Part 2
Team Three’s odyssey takes them from the middle of the Mediterranean to the mountains of Poland.
37 min
73
S2 E15 - Present Infinity, Part 1
A repaired Orb and a lead on Team Four sends Sal and the gang on a truly mind-bending manhunt.
35 min
74
S2 E14 - Fire and Ice, Part 2
They say that museums are where history comes alive. But when magic is involved, it’s more often a library.
35 min
75
S2 E13 - Fire and Ice, Part 1
A fiery mystery leads the team to Manitoba, Canada, where they learn that there’s more going on than contentious fishing.
45 min