Craft Sequence: Full Fathom Five : A Novel of the Craft Sequence (Series #3) (Paperback)

from tldegray

Is it just me, or is Max Gladstone's writing becoming completely awesome? In this book about gods and poets, his prose is poetry. It's tasty, satisfying, glorious to read out loud. And it is so well-suited to the story. As to the story, every time I thought I had it figured out, he added another ...

from Strider66

Pros: complex plot, interesting characters, fascinating world Cons: Kavekana is an island with no gods of its own, where offshore interests can purchase an idol to store soulstuff. When the priestess Kai jumps into the sacred pool to try to save her co-worker's created idol, Seven Alpha, her acti...

from Capnrandm

Review courtesy of All Things Urban Fantasy. allthingsuf.com From the titles to the page, the first three books in the Craft Sequence marry numbers with magic. The stories themselves explore different parts of society, but always on the bedrock of a spiritual economy where soul stuff is traded an...

from rivkat

This novel introduces a whole new set of protagonists, focusing on a priest who works at what is essentially a bank for psychic power produced by worship-allowing depositors to use icons rather than less-controllable gods to store their power-and a street kid trying to keep out of the clutches of...

from pwaites

Contrary to what the name might suggest, Full Fathom Five is the third book in Max Gladstone's Craft Sequence. However, if you haven't read the first two, don't worry. Each story in the series stands on its own, and you can easily read them in any order. I'd highly suggest doing so, for Full Fath...