**From the co-author of the viral *New York Times *bestseller* This is How You Lose the Time War.*** Discover the destiny of the Craft in Dead Country, the standalone entry point to Max Gladstone’s beloved fantasy epic. **BOOK ONE OF THE CRAFT WARS SERIES** Since her village chased her out with pitchforks, Tara Abernathy has resurrected gods, pulled down monsters, averted wars, and saved a city, twice. She thought she’d left her dusty little hometown forever. But that was before her father died. As she makes her way home to bury him, she finds a girl, as powerful and vulnerable and lost as she once was. Saving her from raiders twisted by the God Wars, Tara changes the course of the world. *Dead Country* is the first book in the Craft Wars Series, a tight sequence of novels that will bring the sprawling saga of the Craft to its end, and the perfect entry point to this incomparable world. Also Available by Max Gladstone: The Craft Sequence 1. *Three Parts Dead* 2. *Two Serpents Rise* 3. *Full Fathom Five* 4. *Last First Snow* 5. *Four Roads Cross* 6. *Ruin of Angels* The Craft Wars 1. *Dead Country* 2. *Wicked Problems* *Last Exit* Empress of Forever *This is How You Lose the Time War* (with Amal El-Mohtar)