
Foundryside
A Novel
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Tara Sands
"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 fantasy 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.
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Critic reviews
“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)
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The narrator ruined it for me
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great new fantasy. but a lot of deus machina
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It's just ok
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Solid 10 audible experience
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"If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that's a full day. That's a heck of a day."
In each of the two days it took me to get through this book Robert J Bennett brought me to laugh, think and cry. This is a heck of a book and I strongly recommend that everybody read it.
Fantastic in all facets.
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The narrator did a fine job, personally, I found the most voices she gave characters quite similar to one another. Not a huge deal to me personally, but I know some people like a bit more variety.
Beautifully constructed
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Had some issues with the narrator. she was fine over all but the voices for the men were atrocious. Like, a crime against humanity. Other than the male voices, she was fine.
Overall, really enjoyed it when it kicked it up a notch and I'm itching for the second book.
Gotta read the second one now
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Late bloomer
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The narration was outstanding.
Thank you for the amazing ride!!!
Perfect
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solidly okay
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