Sancia Grado is a thief, and a good guy. Her latest target, a well-guarded warehouse on Tevanne’s docks.
Sancia has been sent to steal an artifact of unimaginable power, an object that can revolutionize the magical technology known as script. The Merchants manipulate this magic – the art of using coded commands to make everyday items more glamorous to turn Tevanne into a vast capital machine with no regrets. If they could unlock the artifact’s secret, they would rewrite the world itself to suit their goals.

That house wanted Sancia dead, and created for themselves. And in the city of Tevanne, no one has the strength to stop them.

To stop the deadly transformation taking place – Sancia will have to control unlikely allies, learn to harness the power of artifacts for herself, and undergo her own transformation, something would turn her into something she could never have imagined.

• Foundryside

• A Novel