Three parts dead
by Max Gladstone · first published 2012
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"Gladstone has created an amazing world....Combining murder mystery, corporate intrigue, and thaumaturgical fireworks, Three Parts Dead gives us not just an excellent urban fantasy, but [also] a brilliant new world to explore. I can't wait to see what he does next." --Margaret Ronald, author of Spiral Hunt 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 met
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Funny enough a friend of a friend of mine actually wrote a book with a very similar theme - "Three Parts Dead" by Max Gladstone ( http://www.amazon.com/Three-Parts-Dead-Max-Gladstone/dp/B00D... ) The book was inspired by the 2008 financial crisis, and features deities who make contracts for uses of their powers.…
on “Ask HN: Burning idea for a story you've always wanted written?” ↗…only let their kids access "age-appropriate" material that isn't "triggering". Hell, I've even had one parent in the neighborhood turn on me after I lent her nineteen-year-old daughter a spare copy of Three Parts Dead by Max Gladstone. That mother should be grateful I haven't introduced her daughter to Jacqueline Carey or China Miéville.
on “We Aren't Raising Adults. We Are Breeding Excellent Sheep” ↗…Gladstone's CRAFT SEQUENCE - Imagine legal contracts as magic. A secondary world urban fantasy, wildly imaginative, mostly involving mysterious events and the characters that investigate them. First book is THREE PARTS DEAD. - Sebastien de Castiel's THE GREATCOATS series was described as the "Scott Lynchiest book since LIES OF LOCKE LAMORA." I don't really but _that_, but I did thoroughly enjoy the series, and have read…
on “Sanderson shares intimate details about contracting with publishing industry” ↗