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Book Review
Apr. 7th, 2024 03:26 pmShorefall
by Robert Jackson Bennett
This is the sequel to Foundryside, and starts of three years after the close of this first book. Orso, Berenice, Gregor, and Sancia are now operating an independent scriving company and working to make scriving widely accessible beyond the walls of the merchant houses. Things are going well, until one of the merchant houses sets in motion a plan to resurrect Crasedes, one of the the ancient hierophants whose deep knowledge of scriving gave them god-like power over reality itself. Sancia and her friends have to work under increasing time pressure to defeat Crasedes and try to save their city and civilization.
Shorefall is full of action as our heroes plot, scheme, and problem solve with ever-increasing stakes. We also learn a lot more about scriving and its history as well as more about Clef, Crasedes, and Valeria, and it's all fascinating. I loved seeing the way the relationships among Sancia and her friends develop and grow, and how well they work together. The villains are full of depth and complexity, which often makes them scarier. Bennett continues to say a lot about big thematic issues of power, technology, choice, and the uses to which innovation and advancement are put.
by Robert Jackson Bennett
This is the sequel to Foundryside, and starts of three years after the close of this first book. Orso, Berenice, Gregor, and Sancia are now operating an independent scriving company and working to make scriving widely accessible beyond the walls of the merchant houses. Things are going well, until one of the merchant houses sets in motion a plan to resurrect Crasedes, one of the the ancient hierophants whose deep knowledge of scriving gave them god-like power over reality itself. Sancia and her friends have to work under increasing time pressure to defeat Crasedes and try to save their city and civilization.
Shorefall is full of action as our heroes plot, scheme, and problem solve with ever-increasing stakes. We also learn a lot more about scriving and its history as well as more about Clef, Crasedes, and Valeria, and it's all fascinating. I loved seeing the way the relationships among Sancia and her friends develop and grow, and how well they work together. The villains are full of depth and complexity, which often makes them scarier. Bennett continues to say a lot about big thematic issues of power, technology, choice, and the uses to which innovation and advancement are put.
