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. An absolutely wild ride
. . . Foundryside blew me away and this is a perfect sequel. Amal El-Mohtar The New York
Times Book Review A few years ago Sancia Grado would ve happily watched Tevanne burn. Now she
s hoping to transform her city into something new. Something better. Together with allies Orso
Gregor and Berenice she s about to strike a deadly blow against Tevanne s 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
scriving the art of imbuing objects with sentience he 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 destruction and even defeating death itself. Like it or not it s up to Sancia to stop
him. But to have a chance in the battle to come she ll have to call upon a god of her own and
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.
