Mirah Bolender’s fast-paced, experience fantasy debut, Town of Broken Magic, includes a bomb squad that defuses magic weapons.

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Five hundred years ago, magi created a weapon they couldn’t control. An infestation that ate magic-and other things it arrived to contact with. Opponents and allies had been equally filling.

Only an elite team of non-magical humans, known as sweepers, can defuse and get rid of infestations just before they spread. Most pass away before they end training.

Laura, a fresh team member, offers stayed alive much longer than most. Today, she’s the last-and only-sweeper position between the town and a massive infestation.