Not of This World

Gideon Sable has cracked vaults, cons, and supernatural schemes before, but his latest job may be the one that finally undoes him. The fourth entry in Simon R. Green's heist-fantasy series sends Britain's most resourceful master thief into the Preserve, a classified government facility outside Bath where every artifact, entity, and anomaly too strange for the public record gets quietly buried. Sable's new client wants something extracted from deep inside, and the target isn't gold or technology. It's a ghost. Getting in means navigating layers of military-grade security and whatever else lurks within the collection, all while distrusting the man who hired him.

Gideon Emery brings exactly the right energy to this material: a dry, knowing delivery that keeps Green's rapid-fire wit crackling without tipping into camp. At just under seven hours, the runtime moves fast, matching the book's heist-film rhythm. Green's blend of occult mythology and genre-savvy humor plays especially well in audio, where Emery's timing sharpens the comedy and raises the tension in equal measure.