Four Roads Cross: A Novel of the Craft Sequence - Max Gladstone

\n \nSharp, original, passionate. --NPR \n \nMax Gladstone's Craft Sequence chronicles the epic struggle to build a just society in a modern fantasy world. \n \nThe great city of Alt Coulumb is in crisis. The moon goddess Seril, long thought dead, is back--and the people of Alt Coulumb aren't happy. Protests rock the city, and Kos Everburning's creditors attempt a hostile takeover of the fire god's church. Tara Abernathy, the god's in-house Craftswoman, must defend the church against the world's fiercest necromantic firm--and against her old classmate, a rising star in the Craftwork world. \n \nAs if that weren't enough, Cat and Raz, supporting characters from Three Parts Dead, are back too, fighting monster pirates; skeleton kings drink frozen cocktails, defying several principles of anatomy; jails, hospitals, and temples are broken into and out of; choirs of flame sing over Alt Coulumb; demons pose significant problems; a farmers' market proves more important to world affairs than seems likely; doctors of theology strike back; Monk-Technician Abelard performs several miracles; The Rats! play Walsh's Place; and dragons give almost-helpful counsel. \n \nSet in a phenomenally built world in which lawyers ride lightning bolts, souls are currency, and cities are powered by the remains of fallen gods, Max Gladstone's Craft Sequence introduces readers to a modern fantasy landscape and an epic struggle to build a just society. \n \nFor more from Max Gladstone, check out: \n \nThe Craft Sequence \nThree Parts Dead \nTwo Serpents Rise \nFull Fathom Five \nLast First Snow \nFour Roads Cross\n