Robert Jackson Bennett

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Robert Jackson Bennett is an acclaimed author known for his creative fantasy worlds and compelling characters.
He has won multiple prestigious awards, including the Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel and the Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original.
Bennett's works, such as the Divine Cities trilogy and Founders trilogy, have garnered critical acclaim and award nominations.
His ability to blend genres and create unique, immersive settings has established him as a notable figure in contemporary fantasy literature.
Bennett's novels often explore themes of power, technology, and societal change within richly imagined worlds.

Bøger af Robert Jackson Bennett

The Tainted Cup

af Robert Jackson Bennett

Trees erupt from a corpse. A blindfolded detective tracks the spores to a dynasty's buried atrocity.

4.29

95.000+

🧬 Biopunk Fantasy 🔍 Fantasy Detective 🦠 Engineered Contagion 💰 Corrupt Gentry 🏛️ Living Architecture

Immersiv

The Tainted Cup

Trees erupt from a corpse. A blindfolded detective tracks the spores to a dynasty's buried atrocity.

af Robert Jackson Bennett 2024 410 sider

4.29

95.000+ bedømmelser

🧬 Biopunk Fantasy 🔍 Fantasy Detective 🦠 Engineered Contagion 💰 Corrupt Gentry 🏛️ Living Architecture

Foundryside

af Robert Jackson Bennett • 2018

A thief steals a talking key and learns her city's magic can think for itself.

4.16

56.000+

🏦 Heist Fantasy ✨ Magical Coding 🗝️ Sentient Artifact 🫂 Found Family 🗡️ Thief Protagonist

Foundryside

A thief steals a talking key and learns her city's magic can think for itself.

af Robert Jackson Bennett 2018 501 sider

4.16

56.000+ bedømmelser

🏦 Heist Fantasy ✨ Magical Coding 🗝️ Sentient Artifact 🫂 Found Family 🗡️ Thief Protagonist

A Drop of Corruption

af Robert Jackson Bennett • 2025

A memory-augmented sleuth pursues an impossible locked-room killer in a city of leviathans and lies.

4.47

50.000+

🔒 Locked-Room Mystery 🔍 Fantasy Detective 🕵️ Sherlockian Duo 🩸 Body Horror 🌧️ Noir Atmosphere

A Drop of Corruption

A memory-augmented sleuth pursues an impossible locked-room killer in a city of leviathans and lies.

af Robert Jackson Bennett 2025 461 sider

4.47

50.000+ bedømmelser

🔒 Locked-Room Mystery 🔍 Fantasy Detective 🕵️ Sherlockian Duo 🩸 Body Horror 🌧️ Noir Atmosphere

City of Stairs

af Robert Jackson Bennett • 2014

A spy investigates a murdered historian in a city where dead gods are reawakening.

4.10

41.000+

🏚️ Fallen Gods 🌍 Post-Colonial Fantasy 🚪 Hidden City ✨ Divine Artifacts ⚔️ Rebel Insurgency

City of Stairs

A spy investigates a murdered historian in a city where dead gods are reawakening.

af Robert Jackson Bennett 2014 452 sider

4.10

41.000+ bedømmelser

🏚️ Fallen Gods 🌍 Post-Colonial Fantasy 🚪 Hidden City ✨ Divine Artifacts ⚔️ Rebel Insurgency

Shorefall

af Robert Jackson Bennett • 2020

After stealing the magic of creation, a thief's crew must face an ancient god's return.

4.03

26.000+

💰 Heist Fantasy ⚙️ Magitech 🕉️ Ancient Gods Return 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Leads

Shorefall

After stealing the magic of creation, a thief's crew must face an ancient god's return.

af Robert Jackson Bennett 2020 493 sider

4.03

26.000+ bedømmelser

💰 Heist Fantasy ⚙️ Magitech 🕉️ Ancient Gods Return 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Leads

City of Blades

af Robert Jackson Bennett • 2016

A war-traumatized general investigates a vanished agent in a city where the dead gods still hunger.

4.21

20.000+

🪖 Military Fantasy 🎖️ Retired Soldier Returns 👻 Haunted By War ⚱️ Dead Gods' Relics 🔪 Ritual Murder Mystery

City of Blades

A war-traumatized general investigates a vanished agent in a city where the dead gods still hunger.

af Robert Jackson Bennett 2016 484 sider

4.21

20.000+ bedømmelser

🪖 Military Fantasy 🎖️ Retired Soldier Returns 👻 Haunted By War ⚱️ Dead Gods' Relics 🔪 Ritual Murder Mystery

City of Miracles

af Robert Jackson Bennett • 2017

A warrior's vow of vengeance plunges him into a hidden war over the last god-children.

4.42

16.000+

🗡️ Godpunk Fantasy 🕵️ Espionage Fantasy 🔥 Vengeance Quest 🛡️ Gruff Guardian 🌟 Demigod Protagonists

City of Miracles

A warrior's vow of vengeance plunges him into a hidden war over the last god-children.

af Robert Jackson Bennett 2017 451 sider

4.42

16.000+ bedømmelser

🗡️ Godpunk Fantasy 🕵️ Espionage Fantasy 🔥 Vengeance Quest 🛡️ Gruff Guardian 🌟 Demigod Protagonists

Locklands

af Robert Jackson Bennett • 2022

A general must sever the psychic link to her wife to stop a consuming hive mind.

4.01

14.000+

🧙 Hard Magic System 🌋 Apocalyptic Fantasy 💖 Sapphic Romance 🧠 Hive Mind Society 🕊️ Self-Sacrifice

Locklands

A general must sever the psychic link to her wife to stop a consuming hive mind.

af Robert Jackson Bennett 2022 544 sider

4.01

14.000+ bedømmelser

🧙 Hard Magic System 🌋 Apocalyptic Fantasy 💖 Sapphic Romance 🧠 Hive Mind Society 🕊️ Self-Sacrifice

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