Shorefall
Synopsis
As a magical revolution remakes a city, an ancient evil is awakened in a brilliant novel from the Hugo-nominated author of Foundryside and the Divine Cities trilogy. โAn absolutely wild ride . . . Foundryside blew me away, and this is a perfect sequel.โโAmal El-Mohtar, The New York Times Book Review A few years ago, Sancia Grado wouldโve happily waโฆ As a magical revolution remakes a city, an ancient evil is awakened in a brilliant novel from the Hugo-nominated author of Foundryside and the Divine Cities trilogy. โAn absolutely wild ride . . . Foundryside blew me away, and this is a perfect sequel.โโAmal El-Mohtar, The New York Times Book Review A few years ago, Sancia Grado wouldโve happily watched Tevanne burn. Now, sheโs hoping to transform her city into something new. Something better. Together with allies Orso, Gregor, and Berenice, sheโs about to strike a deadly blow against Tevanneโs cruel robber-baron rulers and wrest power from their hands for the first time in decades. But then comes a terrifying warning: Crasedes Magnus himself, the first of the legendary hierophants, is about to be reborn. And if he returns, Tevanne will be just the first place to feel his wrath. Thousands of years ago, Crasedes was an ordinary man who did the impossible: Using the magic of scrivingโthe art of imbuing objects with sentienceโhe convinced reality that he was something more than human. Wielding powers beyond comprehension, he strode the world like a god for centuries, meting out justice and razing empires single-handedly, cleansing the world through fire and destructionโand even defeating death itself. Like it or not, itโs up to Sancia to stop him. But to have a chance in the battle to come, sheโll have to call upon a god of her ownโand unlock the door to a scriving technology that could change what it means to be human. And no matter who wins, nothing will ever be the same. The awe-inspiring second installment of the Founders Trilogy, Shorefall returns us to the world Robert Jackson Bennett created in his acclaimed Foundryside . . . and forges it anew.
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