Three Parts Dead - Max Gladstone

A tale of intrigue, a murdered god, and the business of necromancy: an urban fantasy set in an alternate reality. n nStunningly good. Stupefyingly good.

--Patrick Rothfuss n nMax Gladstone's Craft Sequence chronicles the epic struggle to build a just society in a modern fantasy world. n nA 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. n nHer 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. n nTara'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

n nWhen 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. n nSet in a phenomenally built world in which lawyers ride lightning bolts, souls are currency, and cities are powered by the remains of fallen gods, Max Gladstone's Craft Sequence introduces readers to a modern fantasy landscape and an epic struggle to build a just society. n nFor more from Max Gladstone, check out: n nThe Craft Sequence nThree Parts Dead nTwo Serpents Rise nFull Fathom Five nLast First Snow nFour Roads Crossn