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Foundryside: A Novel (The Founders Trilogy)
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About Foundryside: A Novel
Product Description "The exciting beginning of a promising new epic fantasy series. Prepare for ancient mysteries, innovative magic, and heart-pounding heists."—Brandon Sanderson “Complex characters, magic that is tech and vice versa, a world bound by warring trade dynasties: Bennett will leave you in awe once you remember to breathe!”—Tamora Pierce In a city that runs on industrialized magic, a secret war will be fought to overwrite reality itself—the first in a dazzling new series from City of Stairs author Robert Jackson Bennett. Sancia Grado is a thief, and a damn good one. And her latest target, a heavily guarded warehouse on Tevanne’s docks, is nothing her unique abilities can’t handle. But unbeknownst to her, Sancia’s been sent to steal an artifact of unimaginable power, an object that could revolutionize the magical technology known as scriving. The Merchant Houses who control this magic—the art of using coded commands to imbue everyday objects with sentience—have already used it to transform Tevanne into a vast, remorseless capitalist machine. But if they can unlock the artifact’s secrets, they will rewrite the world itself to suit their aims. Now someone in those Houses wants Sancia dead, and the artifact for themselves. And in the city of Tevanne, there’s nobody with the power to stop them. To have a chance at surviving—and at stopping the deadly transformation that’s under way—Sancia will have to marshal unlikely allies, learn to harness the artifact’s power for herself, and undergo her own transformation, one that will turn her into something she could never have imagined. Amazon.com Review Editors' pick: While the first half is quite good, the second half explodes with unearthed secrets that tear the ground out from under the characters' feet." —Adrian Liang, Amazon Editor Review A TIME, PASTE, VULTURE, AND THE VERGE "BEST FANTASY BOOKS OF 2018" PICK “An absolutely riveting secondary world fantasy…I felt fully, utterly engaged by the ideas, actually in love with the core characters for their differences and the immensely generative friction between them, and in awe of Bennett’s craft. I went to bed late reading it and woke up early to finish it. A magnificent, mind-blowing start to a series I’m hungry for.”-- Amal El-Mohtar, New York Times Book Review “An excellent first novel in what promises to be another home-run series for Bennett [featuring] expert writing, complicated and distinct characters, and an intriguing, deadly, wonderful new city where reality can be shuffled like a deck of cards, provided you can justify it .” —Tor.com “An epic, breathtaking novel that’s as much cyberpunk as it is fantasy…Bennett lays out a fantastic story ladened with fantastic characters, but it’s his take on magic that stands out here.”— The Verge“Bennett is endlessly inventive, equally adept at conjuring Tevanne’s world and magic and Sancia’s troubled heart and mysterious past, not to mention a robust cast of secondary characters. Even when it’s dark, this story is a joy. ” —Vulture “Funny, exciting, pacy and gory, this terrific novel promises greater things to come.” —Daily Mail “A compelling treatise on power and its misuse.” —The Guardian"Magic-plus-industrialization with a grimy feel, [featuring] a distinctive setting and a novel technology of magic.” —The Wall Street Journal “Fun, thought-provoking, and wondrous…combines the action scenes and snarky banter of a summer blockbuster with the complex characters and keen-eyed societal critique of an Oscar-winner.” —Fantasy Faction “A sparkling entertainment…the genre-bending story starts at a run and never lets up.” —Barnes & Noble Sci-Fi & Fantasy “ Foundryside’s main material elements — stinking canals, chatty keys, neurotic locks — aren’t your typical fantasy trappings. Bennett wields them with great charm and apparent ease in order to communicate the novel’s core concerns: the unfairness of inherited power and the ad
