Full Fathom Five
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“Full Fathom Five” is an inventive fantasy in which gods are built to order and faith works like a business. On the island of Kavekana, the priestess Kai is badly hurt trying to save a dying idol, then uncovers a conspiracy behind its death. The world, the lively characters and the busy plot win consistent praise. It is the third “Craft Sequence” novel, set away from the cities of the earlier books.
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About the book
On the island of Kavekana, Priestess Kai builds gods to order—sort of. Kai's creations are perfect vehicles for Craftsmen and Craftswomen 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. When Kai tries to save a friend's dying idol, she's graveley injured—then sidelined from the business, her near–suicidal rescue attempt offered up as proof of her instability. But when Kai gets tired of hearing her boss, her coworkers, and her ex–boyfriend call her crazy, and digs into the cause of the idol's death, she uncovers a conspiracy of silence and fear that will break her if she can't break it first. Set 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 listeners to a modern fantasy landscape and an epic struggle to build a just society.
Reading order · Craft Sequence
Full order & progress →- Three Parts DeadStart here
8.08.0 / 10 - Two Serpents Rise
7.87.8 / 10 - Full Fathom FiveThis book
8.08.0 / 10 - Last First Snow
7.87.8 / 10 - Four Roads Cross
8.18.1 / 10 - The Ruin of Angels
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Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.0 across 85 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 37% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 8.0 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 8.0 | 85 | 100% |
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