Bookburners is this ensemble novel written by Max Gladstone, Margaret Dunlap, Mur Lafferty, and Brian Francis Slattery, or perhaps ‘episodic’ is more the right word. It reads a lot like a season-long television series would (the subtitle is even ‘Season One’), which is not actually a bad thing in this context. You see, the Bookburners in question work for a secret anti-magic Vatican task force that captures evil books before the books in question eat any more people*; which, you have to admit, is not a bad concept for a TV show. You get the feeling that the authors would very much like to get optioned for this one, and I freely admit: I’d watch it.
And so, adieu to The Warlock In Spite of Himself. Continue reading Book of the Week: Bookburners.