Max Gladstone returns with The Ruin of Angels, the sixth novel in the Craft Sequence, which The Washington Post calls -the best kind of urban fantasy- and NPR calls -sharp, original, and passionate-
The God Wars destroyed the city of Alikand. Now, a century and a half and a great many construction contracts later, Agdel Lex rises in its place. Dead deities litter the surrounding desert, streets shift when people aren't looking, a squidlike tower dominates the skyline, and the foreign Iskari Rectification Authority keeps strict order in this...
Max Gladstone returns with The Ruin of Angels, the sixth novel in the Craft Sequence, which The Washington Post calls -the best ki...
" A] taut and unique blend of legal drama, fantasy, and noir." --Publishers Weekly, starred review
Max Gladstone's Craft Sequence chronicles the epic struggle to build a just society in a modern fantasy world.
Shadow demons plague the city reservoir, and Red King Consolidated has sent in Caleb Altemoc--casual gambler and professional risk manager--to cleanse the water for the sixteen million people of Dresediel Lex. At the scene of the crime, Caleb finds an alluring and clever cliff runner, Crazy Mal, who easily outpaces him.
But Caleb has more than the...
" A] taut and unique blend of legal drama, fantasy, and noir." --Publishers Weekly, starred review
"This is the best kind of urban fantasy, filled with diverse characters and thought-provoking philosophies." --The Washington Post
Max Gladstone's Craft Sequence chronicles the epic struggle to build a just society in a modern fantasy world.
On the island of Kavekana, Priestess Kai builds gods to order--sort of. Kai's creations are perfect vehicles for Craftsmen and Craftswomen operating in the Old World. For beyond the ocean, true deities still thrive, untouched by the God Wars that stransformed the city-states of Alt Coulumb and Dresediel Lex.
When...
"This is the best kind of urban fantasy, filled with diverse characters and thought-provoking philosophies." --The Washington Post
Brilliant, elegant, epic, astonishing, smart, gritty . another wondrous visit to the fantastic world of the Craft Sequence. Ken Liu, author of The Grace of Kings
Max Gladstone's Craft Sequence chronicles the epic struggle to build a just society in a modern fantasy world.
Forty years after the God Wars, Dresediel Lex bears the scars of liberation-especially in the Skittersill, a poor district still bound by the fallen gods' decaying edicts. As long as the gods' wards last, they strangle development; when they fail, demons will be loosed upon the city. The King in...
Brilliant, elegant, epic, astonishing, smart, gritty . another wondrous visit to the fantastic world of the Craft Sequence. Ken Liu, author of ...
