If dissecting fabrials and magic-as-engineering made Rhythm of War by irresistible, let Foundryside by feed that obsession.
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- Magic system = programming logic meets heists
- Traumatized thieves w/ serious emotional payoff
- Ancient tech mysteries beg for theorizing
- STEM-brain candy: engineering disguised as spellwork
If you devoured Rhythm of War dissecting fabrials like they were blueprints, Foundryside delivers scriving—a magic system that reads like programming reality itself, where ancient glyphs hack the laws of physics and every revelation rewards your analytical obsession. Sancia, a thief with trauma etched into her body and mind, anchors a world where magical industrialization breeds inequality, giving you that Stormlight blend of engineering-inspired wonder and characters who earn their growth through grit, not epiphanies.
This isn't sanitized fantasy: it's heist-driven chaos wrapped around philosophical questions about power and creation, paced to hook you through dense ideas without ever lecturing. The world-building invites theorizing; the magic begs deconstruction.
If complexity is your comfort zone, this is your next obsession.
What Readers Are Saying
"From the first page to the last - I was absolutely hooked...the humor really stood out in this novel. Sancia had just the right mixture of sarcasm and snark...the magic felt so fresh and interesting - I actually looked forward to the exposition scenes..." — Miranda Reads, Goodreads
"Foundryside is a very ambitious novel, and it absolutely delivers on that ambition...an intricate, complex, and tightly wound mechanism of a story that thrums with an irresistible energy. It's smart, thoughtful, attentive, and full of clever twists and turns that I sometimes laughed out loud at Bennett’s sheer ingenuity." — chai (thelibrairie on tiktok) ♡, Goodreads
"Bennett deserves all of the 5 dazzling stars for this utterly gripping, epic fantasy adventure...Bennett has done a stellar job in establishing this action packed series with its fabulous world building that is done with impressive skill." — Paromjit, Goodreads
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