Synopsis
A god has died, and it’s up to Tara, first-year associate in the international necromantic firm of Kelethres, 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’s 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 readers to an ethical landscape in which the line between right and wrong blurs.
At the publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied.
About Max Gladstone
See more books from this AuthorIn the world of Gladstone's fascinating debut, gods communicate directly with their followers, and magic%E2%80%94known as Craft%E2%80%94is practiced like law. First-year associate Craftswoman Tara Abe
Aug 20 2012 | Read Full Review of Three Parts DeadIn the strange and beautiful city of Alt Coulumb Tara seeks out the evidence necessary to win the favor of the court and the respect of her firm.
Oct 23 2012 | Read Full Review of Three Parts DeadWithin the first two pages of Three Parts Dead allusion is made to the “God Wars” and from that moment on I was hooked.
Oct 23 2012 | Read Full Review of Three Parts DeadGladstone plays with fantasy conventions without falling into the… Read… 11/14/12 1:02pm 11/14/12 1:02pm.
| Read Full Review of Three Parts DeadWhile belief and worship are enough to sustain a god, most of their power comes from power loans written up in contracts.
Nov 14 2012 | Read Full Review of Three Parts DeadInvestigating the judge's demise leads her to Shale, one of the Stone Men—gargoyles, who are now despised and hunted in Alt Coulumb, but who formerly enjoyed a very close relationship with the goddess Serit, Kos's consort before the so-called God Wars—and to Cat, Abelard's friend, one of the Blac...
Nov 28 2012 | Read Full Review of Three Parts DeadAn aggregated and normalized score based on 142 user ratings from iDreamBooks & iTunes