
Now, she’s hoping to transform her city into something new. That, ladies and gentlemen, is the essential premise of the novel.Īs a magical revolution remakes a city, an ancient evil is awakened in a brilliant new novel from the Hugo-nominated author of Foundryside and the Divine Cities trilogy.Ī few years ago, Sancia Grado would’ve happily watched Tevanne burn. This Old God, Crasedes Magnus, wants to change the world to his liking (and isn’t that a name with gravitas!?), which seems to be in opposition to what Sancia and her crew are trying to do. Scriving is essentially coding magic (a neat blend of fantasy and science fiction right there) when an Old God reawakens.

Picking up a few years after the events of Foundryside (the first installment of The Founders saga), the characters introduced in that volume – Sancia, Gregor, Berenice, and Orso have established their own scriving business in Tevane.
