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What if computers were actually kind of magic and programmers only half understood binary?

Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett

April 23, 2022 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

In Foundryside, what starts out as a heist caper gone horribly wrong becomes a heist caper tale to save the world in which a band on unlikely companions must put aside  differences to stop someone from achieving immortality in a destructive way. Sancia is the thief and the main perspective for much of the story, but she’s pretty one note; she’s had to survive a lot and her past is traumatic, although when she finally faces some of it, the memories do sort of help […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, caper, Foundryside, heist, Robert Jackson Bennett, steam punk

CoffeeShopReader's CBR14 Review No:32 · Genres: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, caper, Foundryside, heist, Robert Jackson Bennett, steam punk ·
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“Learn what your city has forgotten. What men of power have forgotten time and time again, throughout history – that there is always, always something mightier.”

Shorefall (The Founders Trilogy, #2) by Robert Jackson Bennett

December 31, 2021 by narfna 2 Comments

I feel like Robert Jackson Bennett has a good storyteller’s head on him. I like the way he took the already awesome events of the first book and expanded on them, not just in scope (terrifying bad guy!) but in theme and character as well. This book absolutely 1000% avoids middle-book-in-a-trilogy syndrome. Stuff was happening 20-30% of the way through that you’d expect to happen at the end of a book. Sancia, Gregor, Bernice, and Orso are still together as a little band three years […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, epic fantasy, Foundryside, narfna, Robert Jackson Bennett, Shorefall, The Founders Trilogy

narfna's CBR13 Review No:209 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, epic fantasy, Foundryside, narfna, Robert Jackson Bennett, Shorefall, The Founders Trilogy ·
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A perfect example of what modern fantasy can do.

Foundryside (The Founders Trilogy, #1) by Robert Jackson Bennett

May 27, 2021 by narfna Leave a Comment

Loved this! Just a straight up great fantasy book right here. Great, unique worldbuilding. Loved the characters. Loved the exciting, heisty plot. Perfect build up to the next book. I just loved it, okay! I think I had this idea from just looking at the cover that this book was going to be kind of dark and dour, and it’s not at all. It’s clever and funny, and yes there are some darker places where the characters experience hardship, but it’s also just a really […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, capers, epic fantasy, Foundryside, heists, narfna, Robert Jackson Bennett, The Founders Trilogy, Urban Fantasy

narfna's CBR13 Review No:47 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, capers, epic fantasy, Foundryside, heists, narfna, Robert Jackson Bennett, The Founders Trilogy, Urban Fantasy ·
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Cover of Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett

It Gives Ocean’s Eleven a Run For Its Money

Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett

February 10, 2020 by LittlePlat Leave a Comment

Yeah, Robert Jackson Bennett is back! I originally had a delayed love his previous trilogy, The Divine Cities; but a re-read of the first book ended up setting me straight, and by the end, I was loving it. So the news that his latest book, Foundryside, is also the first of a trilogy piqued my interest. would there be a delayed response this time around? Or will it be a winner from the get-go? Part of the charm of The Divine Cities was the melding of divine magics […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, Foundryside, good things come in threes, Robert Jackson Bennett, The Founders Trilogy

LittlePlat's CBR12 Review No:3 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, Foundryside, good things come in threes, Robert Jackson Bennett, The Founders Trilogy ·
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