Shorefall
- 549
- Pages
- about 10 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Shorefall” raises the stakes of “The Founders Trilogy” and keeps its best idea, a magic that talks objects into behaving differently. Some readers praise how inventively this “scriving” is used, for comedy as readily as for dread, and a villain they can sympathise with. Others feel this middle volume, which follows “Foundryside”, covers ground the first book already crossed, signals its reveals too early and piles on twists near the end.
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About the book
Shorefall is a 2020 fantasy novel by Robert Jackson Bennett. It was first published by Del Rey on April 21, 2020. It is the second book of a trilogy that includes Foundryside (2018) and Locklands (2022).
Reading order · The Founders Trilogy
Full order & progress →- FoundrysideStart here
8.48.4 / 10 - ShorefallThis book
7.97.9 / 10 - Locklands
8.08.0 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.9 across 319 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 68% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 7.9 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 7.9 | 319 | 100% |
Frequently asked
How long is Shorefall?
It has 549 pages — longer than 53% of the ranked books in Fantasy.
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