‘The exciting starting of the promising new epic fantasy series. Plan historic mysteries, innovative magic, and heart-pounding heists.’-Brandon Sanderson

“Organic characters, magic that is tech and vice versa, a global certain by warring trade dynasties: Bennett will leave you in awe once you be sure you breathe!”-Tamora Pierce

Inside a city that operates on industrialized magic, a secret war will be fought to overwrite reality itself-the initial within a dazzling new series from City of Stairs author& about Foundryside: A Novel nbsp;Robert Jackson Bennett.

Sancia Grado is certainly a thief, and a damn good one. And her latest target, a intensely guarded warehouse on Tevanne’s docks, is definitely nothing her exclusive abilities can’t deal with.

But unbeknownst to her, Sancia’s been delivered 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 instructions to imbue everyday objects with sentience-have currently utilized it to transform Tevanne right into a vast, remorseless capitalist machine. But if they can unlock the artifact’s secrets, they’ll rewrite the globe itself to suit their aims.

Now somebody in those Homes wants Sancia dead, as well as the artifact for themselves. And in the city of Tevanne, there’s nobody with the energy to stop them.

To have a possibility at surviving-and at preventing the deadly change that’s under way-Sancia must marshal unlikely allies, figure out how to harness the artifact’s power for herself, and go through her own transformation, one which will change her into something she could never have imagined.