Three Parts Dead (Craft Sequence)

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"Sharp original passionate." NPR The first novel in the critically acclaimed contemporary fantasy series by Max Gladstone A god has died and its 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. Her client is Kos recently deceased fire god of the city of Alt Coulumb. Without Him the metropoliss steam generators will shut down its trains will cease running and its four million citizens will riot. Taras job: resurrect Kos before chaos sets in. Her only help: Abelard a chain-smoking priest of the dead god whos having an understandable crisis of faith. When Tara and Abelard discover that Kos was murdered they have to make a case in Alt Coulumbs courts?and their quest for the truth endangers their partnership their lives and Alt Coulumbs slim hope of survival. Set in a phenomenally built world in which justice is a collective force bestowed on a few craftsmen fly on lightning bolts and gargoyles can rule cities MAX GLADSTONEs Three Parts Dead introduces readers to an ethical landscape in which the line between right and wrong blurs. For more from Max Gladstone check out: The Craft Sequence Three Parts Dead Two Serpents Rise Full Fathom Five Last First Snow Four Roads Cross