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Dead Country

By Max Gladstone
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Publisher Description

From the co-author of the viral New York Times bestseller This is How You Lose the Time War.

Discover the destiny of the Craft in Dead Country, the standalone entry point to Max Gladstone's beloved fantasy epic.


BOOK ONE OF THE CRAFT WARS SERIES

Since her village chased her out with pitchforks, Tara Abernathy has resurrected gods, pulled down monsters, averted wars, and saved a city, twice. She thought she'd left her dusty little hometown forever. But that was before her father died.

As she makes her way home to bury him, she finds a girl, as powerful and vulnerable and lost as she once was. Saving her from raiders twisted by the God Wars, Tara changes the course of the world.

Dead Country is the first book in the Craft Wars Series, a tight sequence of novels that will bring the sprawling saga of the Craft to its end, and the perfect entry point to this incomparable world.


Also Available by Max Gladstone:

The Craft Sequence
1. Three Parts Dead
2. Two Serpents Rise
3. Full Fathom Five
4. Last First Snow
5. Four Roads Cross
6. Ruin of Angels

The Craft Wars
1. Dead Country
2. Wicked Problems

Last Exit
Empress of Forever

This is How You Lose the Time War (with Amal El-Mohtar)

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

37 Reviews

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Surprised Face with Open Mouth“What a way to fall into a series. It’s jam packed with information of the world while leading you through the story. To realize that this is just part of Tara’s story and that there is a whole other series that takes place before this one? Now I need to go read those books.”
“Dead Country by Max Gladstone follows a craftswoman Tara who returns to her home village to bury her father. The village and Tara have a really complicated past and both feel endangered by the other. We meet raiders and old friends, ghosts of the past and new opportunities, reasons to give up, and things to die for. The premise sounds really intriguing and promising. And I think that the story was crafted rather well. But sadly it didn't work for me. One thing that didn't work for me is a vast and overwhelming world. Maybe it's my fault. I knew that it was a new series in an already existing world. So maybe if I read the previous series, things would work out better for me. The other thing maybe has the same reason – I wasn't attached to the characters too much and that is why I didn't care. Maybe it is because I didn't know Tara before this book(she was a character in the previous series too). Or maybe it's due to the book's length – it's relatively short and it's hard to build new relationships in such a short time. I can't be sure. Nonetheless, the world and the magic system in Dead Country seemed fascinating to me – it's rather hard, but there was something poetic about them as well. The prose is polished and exquisite(it's rather similar to the one I encountered in another Gladstone's book – This Is How You Lose The Time War). I think it will not work for everyone, but there will be definitely many readers who will appreciate it. All in all, it seems like an interesting start for a new series and I can recommend it to readers who love hard but abstract magic systems and flowery writing style. (Also, maybe if you're intrigued, your best starting place is the first book in raft Sequence - Three Parts Dead) I'm grateful to Netgalley and Tordotcom for providing me with this advanced reading copy in exchange for my honest review.”

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