Maybe she could drown out the sound of the door. Cheryl made a loud, unhappy noise.Ĭlae couldn’t be expecting her to go to the shop at this hour, could he? Laura frowned at the idea and buried her head under her pillow. Annoyed grumbling heralded Morgan’s shuffling feet. This knocking was much louder and more insistent, and Laura woke as soon as it began. She fell asleep again by the time the second noise came to the door. The door didn’t close all the way behind her, but Laura was too tired to care. “I’ll ask him about it when I go to work.” Says you’re going to help him sometime today for something or other.” “Hey, Laura.” The sleepy drawl slurred her words. Morgan leaned against the doorjamb, looking exhausted. Another noise came from much closer, and she squinted to the side. Laura buried her face in her pillow and began to drift off again. Door opening.Īunt Morgan had answered the door. It couldn’t be later than four in the morning.
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She stirred, wondering dimly what was going on. Two weeks after the “temple test,” Laura woke to a noise at the door.
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Now, she’s the last-and only-sweeper standing between the city and a massive infestation. Laura, a new team member, has stayed alive longer than most. Only an elite team of non-magical humans, known as sweepers, can defuse and dispose of infestations before they spread.
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An infestation that ate magic-and anything else it came into contact with. Mirah Bolender’s fast-paced, adventure fantasy debut, City of Broken Magic, features a bomb squad that defuses magic weapons.įive hundred years ago, magi created a weapon they couldn’t control.