Foundryside by Robert Jackson BennettMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I loved this book. “Foundryside” is an amazingly smooth read. Very well written with characters that you really care about. Very original and tremendous world building as well.
Bennett has developed an innovative magic system along with some exquisite world building. The city of Tevanne has hints of a great past of imperial dynasties ruling the land and now profits through the sale of magic. Merchant houses compete against each other and is the primary source of political intrigue in the novel. The magic system is truly unique. Through a process called ‘scriving’ various products, machinery, and devices are imbued with special magical scripts which tell objects how to defy reality. Imagine an elevator in a mine shaft which is scrived to ignore gravity and naturally “fall up”. Part of the fun in reading Foundryside, is discovering how these rules work. While the merchant houses grow wealthy due to selling and controlling scrived products, there is an active underworld which operates by manufacturing knock-offs of their own. All of this creates an impressive world for the characters to play in.
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