Description: "On the island of Kavekana, priestess Kai builds Gods to order-- sort of. Sub-sentient idols, Kai's creations are perfect vehicles for Craftsmen and Craftswomen who want to protect their wealth and power while operating in the Old World. For beyond the ocean, true deities still thrive, untouched by the God Wars that transformed the city-states of Alt Coulumb and Dresediel Lex"--Page 4 of cover.
Brief description: Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award-winning author Max Gladstone has been thrown from a horse in Mongolia and once wrecked a bicycle in Angkor Wat. He is the author of many books, including Last Exit, Empress of Forever, the Craft Sequence of fantasy novels and, with Amal El-Mohtar, the viral New York Times bestseller This Is How You Lose the Time War. His dreams are much nicer than you'd expect.
Review Quotes:
"Gladstone continues to trump his already considerable accomplishments in this tightly paced fantasy legal thriller."--Publishers Weekly
"This is some of the smartest, most original and sophisticated world-building I've read in years, and fun, and fast-paced, and did I mention smart?"--NPR "A gripping, smart story that has you running through the pages trying to keep up."--Portland Book Review"While it's the richness of the world that initially draws a reader in--his places feel fully lived in rather than meticulously constructed--it's [Gladstone's] voice that keeps you there." --Locus
"An intelligent, entertaining and gripping thriller."
--io9