Sam is thrilled to talk about something unrelated to Hyperion (or is it?) with one of his favorite franchises: Noah Wyle! Sorry, that’s Danielle’s favorite franchise. It’s the 2008 final installment of The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice (yes, that Judas). It’s about vampires! And bible retcons! And opera! When Flynn Carsen (Noah Wyle!) banishes yet another woman he’s dating into the ether because of his job, he realizes he has to take a vacay or his mission to be the World’s Worst Librarian will never be fulfilled. After a dream leads him on a jet-setting vacation to New Orleans during stock-footage season, he meets the mysterious jazz club singer… Simone? Sabrina? Lilian? Doesn’t matter, she’ll just end up in the ether anyway. They quickly (she quicker than him) realize that they’re being tailed by astoundingly terrible henches in search of an artifact that manages to bring back vampires from the dead. You guessed it! The Judas Chalice. Apparently, Judas was cursed to be a vampire? Apparently, his death is like a parallel to vampire lore? Apparently, Judas was a superstar? We don’t know! But it’s great! When the evil henches and co. find the long-dead body of Dracula and want to resurrect him (for the usual reasons: army of undead?), Simone (probably) and Flynn find themselves on a race to find the chalice before the world is destroyed. Per usual, Flynn creates more problems than he solves. If you like your theology brought to you by Book Retorts (and who doesn’t if you got through Hyperion) and Noah Wyle Venus flynn-trapping women into the ether (and who doesn’t, because helloooooo Noah), then this one’s for you!

Theme: Earning Happiness by John Bartmann.

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