Status Updates From The Library at Hellebore

“But about a hundred years or so ago, magic started coming back. … Relics were demanding their burials, along with a share of what wealth had been accrued through illegal use of their matter. … As was customary, the authorities did very little until this plague of global re-enchantment led to a decimation of the workforce. … Capitalism was unsustainable without bodies to feed the machine.”

25% in and wondering what TF I am listening to

the second half of this is intriguing me much more than the first