The job of a sigil agent is not an easy one. Enforcing the contracts and treaties with the gods and monsters is a lot of work. Sigil agent Al MacBharrais would like to retire but cannot train an apprentice to take over his territory until he gets the curses on his head lifted. But while trying to solve the mysteries of these curses, Al is constantly pulled into the drama with his friends. Buck Foi needs help to become a legendary hobgoblin. And Nadia, a battle seer and goth queen, is trying to start her own cult to a god of whiskey and cheese.

Candle & Crow is the third and, sadly, the final novel in Kevin Hearne’s Ink & Sigil series. As an urban fantasy, this novel has everything, greasy bacon bollocks, a wizard van, and even a shoutout to everyone’s favorite Sacramental-area bookstore. But this is so much more. Hearne concludes one series while interweaving events from his Iron Druid series. Reading the other books in both series is not necessary but extremely helpful. With plenty of mythology references from gods of many pantheons, this novel has more laughs than a bunch of hobgoblins drunk on stolen whiskey.