Three Parts Dead
By Max Gladstone
Read by Claudia Alick
The Craft Sequence Series: Book 1
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A god has died, and it's up to Tara, a first-year associate in the international necromantic firm of Kelethras, 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 metropolis' steam generators will shut down, its trains will cease running, and its four million citizens will riot. Tara's job: resurrect Kos before chaos sets in. Her only help: Abelard, a chain-smoking priest of the dead god who's having an understandable crisis of faith. When Tara and Abelard discover that Kos was murdered, they have to make a case in Alt Coulumb's courts—and their quest for the truth endangers their partnership, their lives, and Alt Coulumb's 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, Three Parts Dead introduces listeners to an ethical landscape in which the line between right and wrong blurs.
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Summary
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A 2014 Mythopoeic Award Finalist
A god has died, and it's up to Tara, a first-year associate in the international necromantic firm of Kelethras, 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 metropolis' steam generators will shut down, its trains will cease running, and its four million citizens will riot.
Tara's job: resurrect Kos before chaos sets in. Her only help: Abelard, a chain-smoking priest of the dead god who's having an understandable crisis of faith. When Tara and Abelard discover that Kos was murdered, they have to make a case in Alt Coulumb's courts—and their quest for the truth endangers their partnership, their lives, and Alt Coulumb's 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, Three Parts Dead introduces listeners to an ethical landscape in which the line between right and wrong blurs.
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
Reviews
Reviews
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One part fantastic secondary world urban fantasy debut, one part legal thriller
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A fantastic debut fantasy novel, one part secondary world urban fantasy and one part … legal thriller? It’s actually something like that: “A god has died, and it’s up to Tara, a first-year associate in the international necromantic firm of Kelethras, 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 metropolis’ steam generators will shut down, its trains will cease running, and its four million citizens will riot. Tara’s job: resurrect Kos before chaos sets in. Her only help: Abelard, a chain-smoking priest of the dead god who’s having an understandable crisis of faith. When Tara and Abelard discover that Kos was murdered, they have to make a case in Alt Coulumb’s courts—and their quest for the truth endangers their partnership, their lives, and Alt Coulumb’s slim hope of survival.”
Tara ends up being a pretty badass first-year associate and character, a kick-ass, take-no-crap naturally gifted necromancer, and Gladstone’s debut was one of my favorite debuts (among several good choices) of 2012, with a wonderfully original core conceit of gods as legal frameworks, and a shambling, lived-in-feeling to the cities and buildings the story inhabits, along with a fascinating world I could definitely stand to see more of in future. The narration here was quite excellent also, but some fairly obvious segments were patched-in fixes, with differing background noise and recording quality, etc. and this puts a slight mar on what could have been an absolutely great audiobook and makes it “only” merely great. Definitely recommended.
Details
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Available Formats : | Digital Download, Digital Rental, CD |
Category: | Fiction/Science Fiction |
Runtime: | 13.12 |
Audience: | Adult |
Language: | English |
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