Three Parts Dead

The Craft Sequence (of which this is both the first and the third) is absolutely stunning, and I mean that in a leaves-you-mildly-concussed sort of way. No seriously, some of them gave me literary hangovers! But honestly, they're a genuinely unique bunch, in no way light reading but sooo worth the heavy. I read the Craft Sequence in publication order, rather than chronological order. While each book in the series is intended as a stand-alone (there is only one book which I do not feel like quite entirely succeeded) and so has it's own characters and conclusions, there are tidbits in each one for which you will need all of the books to fully comprehend. Gladstone gives you precisely what you need for each particular story, but when you add up all the little tidbits, it is almost like you get A BONUS STORY!! The point that I am trying to make here is: read the Craft Sequence. In any order. It isn't picky. Except for the unNumbered one... I think that one might be picky.