The Craft Sequence Three Parts Dead Two Serpents Rise Full Fathom Five Last First Snow Four Roads Cross eBook Max Gladstone
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“Stunningly good. Stupefyingly good.” —Patrick Rothfuss
Set in a phenomenally-built world in which lawyers ride lightning bolts, souls are currency, and cities are powered by the remains of fallen gods, MAX GLADSTONE's Craft Sequence introduces readers to a modern fantasy landscape and an epic struggle to build a just society.
Three Parts Dead — A god has died, and it's up to Tara, first-year associate in the international necromantic firm of Kelethres, Albrecht, and Ao, to bring Him back to life before His city falls apart.
Two Serpents Rise — Caleb Altemoc—casual gambler and professional risk manager—is sent by Red King Consolidated to cleanse shadow demons from the Dresediel Lex city water supply, and uncovers a scheme to forever alter the balance of power in the city.
Full Fathom Five — On the island of Kavekana, Kai nearly loses her life trying to save one of her creations, a god built to order. But when Kai starts digging into the reasons her creations die, she uncovers a conspiracy of silence and fear—which will crush her, if Kai can't stop it first.
Last First Snow — Craft lawyer Elayne Kevarian and warrior-priest Temoc must fight dark magic, secret agendas, and their own demons to save the peace between the citizens and rulers of Dresediel Lex, before hell opens to swallow the city whole.
Four Roads Cross — Protests rock the city of Alt Coulumb, Kos Everburning's creditors attempt a hostile takeover of the fire god's church, and Craftswoman Tara Abernathy must defend the church against the world's fiercest necromantic firm.
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The Craft Sequence
Three Parts Dead
Two Serpents Rise
Full Fathom Five
Last First Snow
Four Roads Cross
The Ruin of Angels
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The Craft Sequence Three Parts Dead Two Serpents Rise Full Fathom Five Last First Snow Four Roads Cross eBook Max Gladstone
I am a weirdo who is reading these in timeline order rather than publication order. I am loving this world but I have to take frequent time-outs for sanity -- the writing is so dark and evocative, that it really gets under my skin (I keep thinking I'll see glyphs in the mirror.) And I spend a lot of time mulling over the ethical dilemmas of the characters, drawing real-world economic and environmental parallels -- "thought provoking" would be an understatement. When I say it's dark, I mean it clouds your soul in a subtle fashion, instead of overwhelming you with violence, gore, and profanity. It just -- drains you.Can't wait to finish, can't wait for more to be published. Except that I need to wait for my own mental health.
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The Craft Sequence Three Parts Dead Two Serpents Rise Full Fathom Five Last First Snow Four Roads Cross eBook Max Gladstone Reviews
Reading this e-book is a great way to start reading the Craft Sequence. The books collected in this e-book are well-written, with realistic characters, great themes and great endings. I highly recommend this ebook five stars.
From magical hedge funds that promise 5% return on your soulstuff over the next three years to necromancers who wield tort law in one hand and cold lightning in another, this sequence is absolutely amazing. Gladstone's writing style is simple and to-the-point for the most part, but that just makes the parts when he starts waxing lyrical all the more amazing when it hits you. Strongly recommended for anyone interested in exploring a fantasy world that's like no other.
... Reading because I found the concepts of God and Craft fascinating. However, somewhere around a third of the way through, the of stories and characters twined into each other in a way that caught the rest of my attention, too.
Builds steadily throughout.
Max Gladstone's amazing Craft Sequence starts with "Three Parts Dead" and "Two Serpents Rise", both of which I read when they were nominated for the Hugo and Campbell awards. The series is now up to five volumes, I'd been wanting to read the next three, and this edition packages them into one convenient and reasonably-priced -readable version. (Ok, it would have been slightly cheaper to buy the three other volumes standalone, if I'd been paying attention, but if you haven't read them, this is a good way to go.)
If you're going to read this, I recommend going with the in universe chronological order rather than the published order. His efforts to make each book accessible on its own made reading them in sequence somewhat tedious. The in universe order is given by the titles' numerical piece.
Reading the books in the order they were written negotiates a willing contract to the great imagination of the Craft Sequence. Every book is a solid narrative. The character introduced along the way are all solid and have a special suspenseful role in the fifth book (Four Rows...). I got more excited as I reached that climax because I cared much for those people and their desire to build their world.
These novels are hard to describe without superlatives. I'll start with generalities
-> Urban fantasy setting. Forget elves-riding-motorcycles, though... The Craft Sequence takes place in a fully-realized, breathing, living, DIFFERENT world. Oh yeah, and it has a deep history as well.
-> Three-dimensional characters complete with emotional baggage, histories, desires, and fears. They're real people.
-> Here's the hardest part to wrap your head around in this world, there's no money. Instead, they labor and hustle and connive and steal soul, or soulstuff. And yes, that's the same intangible undying part of a person you're familiar with from religion generally. The mega-wealthy in this world are either GODS who have worshippers and a priesthood to give them soul, or CRAFTSMEN.
All right, let's go deeper... Gods are sort of like the modern-day Vatican a combination religious order, corporation, and nation-state. Because they're vast financial entities, they're interconnected with the rest of the world through loans and guarantees (it gets more complicated but unless you're a finance nerd you won't really care).
On the other side, craftsmen. The top of the pyramid are individuals of Dr. Strange-level powers, usually but not always divested of flesh due to age and walking around in their bones. Think of them as the plutocrats and robber barons of the world. See, in the fairly recent past, within living memory of older characters, craftsmen discovered magic and rose up and went to war against the gods, killed many, enslaved a few. Now they're virtual gods themselves but not capital-G Gods.
Weird right? Get this craftsmen get their power from complex negotiations with reality and demons and stuff. They're basically SUPER-LAWYERS. Gods are like the colossal monopolistic companies of the 19th Century (Ma Bell, Standard Oil, ...). The super-craftsmen are opportunistic vulture capitalists (George Soros?).
Don't get me wrong -- there's also vampires and zombie debt-slavery and demons and dragons-as-mass-transit. It goes deeper than you'd expect. There's no window-dressing on set. Everything serves a purpose.
Finally these books are elegantly written. Wrought might be a better word. The prose is paring-knife sharp. Despite their length I don't feel like there's any wasted space.
Try these books. Don't worry about the magic-as-business stuff, just sink into the setting and let yourself be lulled into an incredibly interesting, mortally dangerous, absolutely fascinating world.
I am a weirdo who is reading these in timeline order rather than publication order. I am loving this world but I have to take frequent time-outs for sanity -- the writing is so dark and evocative, that it really gets under my skin (I keep thinking I'll see glyphs in the mirror.) And I spend a lot of time mulling over the ethical dilemmas of the characters, drawing real-world economic and environmental parallels -- "thought provoking" would be an understatement. When I say it's dark, I mean it clouds your soul in a subtle fashion, instead of overwhelming you with violence, gore, and profanity. It just -- drains you.
Can't wait to finish, can't wait for more to be published. Except that I need to wait for my own mental health.
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