Craft Sequence Essays
Welcome to our archive of articles and essays about the Craft Sequence. Scroll for all of our articles, or go wherever suits you:
Relatively spoiler free essays if you’re new to the series / partway through and don’t want to spoil yourself
Spoilerific essays if you’ve read the series and want to delve deeper
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The story so far... Wicked Problems
Everything you need to remember from WICKED PROBLEMS before reading DEAD HAND RULE. Craft Sequence version of Avengers Infinity War.
Entire Craft Sequence story so far...
Need a reminder of the plot of the Craft Sequence before reading Dead Hand Rule? You’re in luck - the first eight books are all summarised neatly here.
Who's who: Zeddig, Raymet and Gal
An intimidatingly buff sort-of princess, a university post-doc, and a Camlaan Knight walk into a bar, make a deal with a zombie, and join a heist that takes them into a god-strewn desert that will almost definitely kill them. Meet Zeddig, Raymet, and Gal.
How to Kill a God
The death of gods is integral to the Craft Sequence, forming the plot of the first book and the entire background of the series in the God Wars. But, how do gods die? How do you kill a god? The early Craftsfolk had similar questions. This essay outlines the answers they uncovered.
Predictions for DEAD HAND RULE
DEAD HAND RULE is on the horizon - but what’s going to happen? I have predictions and speculation galore.
Elayne Kevarian’s God Wars
Elayne Kevarian is one of a handful of major characters in the Craft Sequence who lived – and fought – through the God Wars. We know precious little about what happened, but what we are told paints a vibrant – and violent – story.
Fixing Two Serpents Rise
I have my issues with Two Serpents Rise, so decided to finally write out how I would sort it out. Fix-it, not fanfic.
Flight in the Craft Sequence
Flying is super cool. Magical flying is even cooler. So here’s a rundown of how Craft Sequence aeroplanes work, in honour of my plane-obsessed brother’s birthday.
Who's who: Cat, Teo, and Izza
On the surface, Catherine Elle, Teo Batan, and Izza Jalai have little in common. Yet, in Full Fathom Five, they become intertwined in a holy heist and have to work together. Find out more about each of them, and what might be next for them in the Craft Wars quartet.
Who is Mal Kekapania (and how is she alive)?
Who is Mal? Caleb’s manic pixie dream girl from Two Serpents Rise, who then terrorised the city and was seemingly vaporised, appeared to be a one-and-done antagonist, yet she is back in Wicked Problems. Who is she, and how has she come back?
Everything we know about 'Dead Hand Rule'
The countdown is on for the next Craft Sequence novel - check out this article for every single detail we have about Dead Hand Rule.
Crafting your argument (and reality) | How Magic Works in the Craft Sequence
Craftsfolk are necromancer-lawyers, and as such a significant part of how they perform magic is via a strong argument, and asserting their truth onto reality. This essay looks at the magical components of a Craft argument.
How many Wicked Problems predictions did I get right?
Wicked Problems has been out for 9 glorious months. Before publication I made 23 predictions about what might happen - but how many did I get right?
Who is Eberhardt Jax, and what does he want?
Billionaire. Nightmare artist. Philanthropist. Eberhardt Jax wants to make his mark on the world. It’s clear he’s integral to the overarching plot of the Craft Wars quartet, linked to the skazzerai, the gray men, and the end of the world.
But who exactly is he? And what does he really want?
What are the Gray Men, and how are they connected to the skazzerai?
Throughout Wicked Problems, we meet strange bland men, shells for brutal metal weapons. But what exactly are they, and who controls them?
Hope and hard work
Thoughts on the current political moment, the Craft Sequence, and community.
The Grimwalds, the Skazzerai, and the last end of the world
How are the Grimwalds involved with the skazzerai - and what do they know about the end of the world? This is everything you need to know after Wicked Problems.
How Craft Sequence characters know each other (part 2)
Wicked Problems has so many characters meeting up, hooking up, fighting (...up?) that we need an update to the character connections post - so here's even more ways characters know each other.
Who's who: Abelard, Raz and Shale
Priest Abelard, vampirate Raz, and gargoyle Shale are unlikely friends who become entwined in the Kos conspiracy of Three Parts Dead. But what's next for them? How will their characters continue to grow in the Craft Wars series?
The problem with Tara Abernathy's timeline
Something is wrong with Tara Abernathy’s timeline… but is it a purposeful point, or author error? I’m still not sure, but let’s take a look at the problem and *theorise*.
This is one of those way-too-deep-dives about something that is ultimately probably a typo rather than a grand conspiracy, so if that’s your jam then strap in.
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