Ancient Wonders

Bookburners #1.9

by Margaret Dunlap

Myth meets magic as Sal and Team Three brave zombies and worse in the latest installment of today's hottest online urban fantasy episodic series.

After being sent on a wild goose chase in the latest game of cat and mouse with the mysterious Mr. Norse, the team decides they need to get ahead of their competition in the hunt for the Codex Umbra. With no other options, they turn to old friends and even older specifically, the Oracle of Delphi.

This episode is brought to you by team-writer Margaret Dunlap and takes the globe-trotting team from our time to another, and from Italy and Egypt, to Greece and back.

Ancient Wonders continues the 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. 

Follow along as Sal learns the life changing some books have teeth. 

To learn more about Bookburners and find out how you can read the whole serial, check out SerialBox.com. 

Genres: Urban Fantasy, Fantasy

52 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2015

About the author

Hi! My name is Margaret and I write for the small and smaller screens.

I live in Southern California, where I torment the other members of the Bookburners writing team with weather reports and brace myself for the earthquake that will turn Burbank into oceanfront property.

In addition to the books in my profile you can also find my work on The Middleman (ABC Family), Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (Netflix 2019), and The Lizzie Bennet Diaries.

Reviews

[Empress Reece (Hooked on Books) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bookburners Season One: Episode 9...

We've been to Vegas, we've been to Rome, Glasgow, Ostia, Tanner City etc. etc...now the Bookburners head to a small monastery in Borgen-Bresse, France to take on, none other than -zombies! (or "animated remains" as some of the Bookburners call them) As they continue to hunt the mysterious Mr. Norse who played nasty with them in one of their previous missions, he keeps leaving little surprises in his wake, like zombies, to slow Team 3 down, while he moves closer and closer to finding the one book he doesn't need to get his hands on, the Codex Umbra. 
 
This was another outstanding episode by Margaret Dunlap. Team 3 has exhausted all of their leads so they have to channel a little ancient magic of their own. Team 3 is normally against the use of magic because of the dangers that surround it so seeing them cook up some magic together was a lot of fun. : )  I'm looking forward to seeing how the cat & mouse chase plays out in the next episode...
 
*I received Bookburners: The Complete Season One from NetGalley & Serial Box Publishing in exchange for an honest review. Thank you!

[Wetdryvac · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh dear.

[Martha · Rating 4 out of 5]

The usual reliable mix of humor and serious, effectively rendered. This one was different in that it allowed us into the heads of the entire team in rotating chapters, something I don't think we've yet experienced. Digging the combination of self-contained stories and series-length story arcs and character development.

[Lianne Burwell · Rating 3 out of 5]

At this point, you had better have read the previous stories. Many of those were standalone, but now we're in the deeps of the season's overall story arc. The team has to consult the Oracle of Delphi, when nothing else works in tracking Mr Norse or the Codex. Of course, everything goes horribly wrong. As well, Liam and Sal are dealing the with fallout from their breakup.

[Michael · Rating 3 out of 5]

I am enjoying this series. Indeed, far more than I thought I would with its episode based approach to story-telling. A clear overarching story line is also beginning to manifest itself.
I am keen to know where the story line is going. Roll on the next episode!