Four Roads Cross

Four Roads Cross is a direct sequel to Three Parts Dead, and it also incorporates characters and places from the other books of the series. The novel concerns the return of the goddess Seril, Kos's love, and the crisis that her current weakness may bring about for the city of Alt Coulomb. It features a lot of familiar characters (Tara, Cat, Raz, Abelard, Caleb, etc...) as well as some new faces. Different sets of characters are involved in a variety of plotlines, each of which feels different in tone, though they all address the same crisis. There's a ton going on in this novel, and plenty of characters to keep straight. It's worth the effort, though, and I enjoyed the time I have spent in Gladstone's unusual world of economics, faith, and magic. Overall, it felt like a fitting finale for the story that began in Three Parts Dead, and I am happy to know that it isn't going to be the final novel of the Craft Sequence.