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.

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S2 E12 - Incognita, Part 2
At the Night Market, where dragons dance in the sky, Liam and Grace find the remnants of their old teams.
42 min
77
S2 E11 - Incognita, Part 1
Liam and Grace travel to Shanghai to investigate a lead on the Orb—and hopefully their own pasts.
33 min
78
S2 E10 - Debtor’s Prison, Part 2
Team Three learns the hard way that no one says no to The Maitresse.
41 min
79
S2 E9 - Debtor’s Prison, Part 1
Asanti’s murky past gets a bit clearer when an old friend visits her to reminisce…and collect on a debt.
33 min
80
S2 E8 - Ghosts, Part 2
Team Three stumbles upon a strange and ghostly crossroads where Liam is shocked to find someone who knows him.
39 min
81
S2 E7 - Ghosts, Part 1
Frustrated by the still-broken Orb, Liam does some old-school online fishing and gets a nibble from Turkey.
34 min
82
S2 E6 - Mistakes Were Made, Part 2
While Asanti struggles with her feelings toward the Society and its mission, the others struggle just to stay alive.
36 min
83
S2 E5 - Mistakes Were Made, Part 1
Asanti and Liam sneak invitations to a magical conference in Russia.
33 min
84
S2 E4 - Webs, Part 2
Asanti leads her team through the long-locked door of Team Four’s lair—and straight into a mystery of Escherian proportions.
38 min
85
S2 E3 - Webs, Part 1
With Orb broken and magic on the rise, Asanti looks for answers from the Society’s defunct experimental division, Team Four.
40 min
86
S2 E2 - Creepytown, Part 2
Team Three investigates when a town in New England goes missing behind a mysterious fog.
37 min
87
S2 E1 - Creepytown, Part 1
Changes are underway at the Vatican. But out in the world, the mischief of demons is ascendant.
37 min
88
S1 E32 - Siege, Part 2
If Sal wants to save Perry, she’ll have to bring him back from the Hand’s dark dimension. Meanwhile, Team One prepares to move against Team Three with guns blazing.
36 min
89
S1 E31 - Siege, Part 1
With the Book of the Hand in their possession at last, Team Three can finally expel the Hand from Sal’s body. But there’s one last soul that needs saving.
35 min
90
S1 E30 - Things Lost, Part 2
Thanks to a timely offer from Aaron, Sal and the rest of the team stake their freedom on a desperate throw of the dice by venturing back into the lion’s den.
37 min
91
S1 E29 - Things Lost, Part 1
With Time running out and the Hand growing stronger inside Sal, the only hope is to banish the demon back to its hellish domain. But to do that, Team Three needs the Book of the Hand, back in the Vatican.
31 min
92
S1 E28 - An Excellent Day For An Exorcism, Part 2
Defying his superiors, Father Menchú leads the rest of Team Three to Sal’s rescue, not knowing if they’ll find a corpse, or something even worse.
34 min
93
S1 E27 - An Excellent Day For An Exorcism, Part 1
Sal is betrayed and turned over to the not-so-tender mercies of Team Two. Death seems certain, but the Hand has more tricks up its sleeve.
29 min
94
S1 E26 - Keeping Friends Close, Part 2
As Father Menchú tries to buy time, Team One and Team Two gear up for battle. And the Hand, with power of the Codex Umbra at his command, begins to assemble an army.
30 min
95
S1 E25 - Keeping Friends Close, Part 1
Possessed by the Hand, Sal turns against her friends, and Team Three has to decide if she’s a victim or a threat they need to put down.
31 min
96
S1 E24 - Puppets, Part 2
Security tightens as the Society prepares for the inevitable assault on the Black Library, unaware of the betrayer in their midst.
39 min
97
S1 E23 - Puppets, Part 1
It’s open season on the Black Library as every demon in the world realizes the Codex Umbra is within their reach.
33 min
98
S1 E22 - Library Card, Part 2
Infiltrating a yacht party, the team fights to stop Norse from gaining control of a demonic tome.
42 min
99
S1 E21 - Library Card, Part 1
The stage is set for Mr. Norse’s grand move to possess the Codex Umbra.
41 min
100
S1 E20 - Shore Leave, Part 2
There’s no rest to be found as a magical artifact spreads a time-slowing bubble across Rome.
39 min