This is the third Hench novel, following on from the nationally bestselling *The Bezzle* (2024) and *Red Team Blues* (2023). I wrote *Red Team Blues* with a funny conceit: what if I wrote the final volume of a beloved, long-running series, *without writing the rest of the series*? Turns out, the answer is: "Your editor will buy a whole bunch more books in the series!"
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