Wild Woila reviewed Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett
Pleasing allegory for capitalism and AI
4 stars
Crafts a novel world from steampunkish magic controlled by an oligarchy of aristocratic families. Pleasing allegory for capitalism and AI.
Paperback, 512 pages
Published May 21, 2019 by Broadway Books.
A thief in a city controlled by industrialized magic joins forces with a rare honest police officer to stop an ancient evil ritual that endangers thousands of lives.
Crafts a novel world from steampunkish magic controlled by an oligarchy of aristocratic families. Pleasing allegory for capitalism and AI.