Sandymancer by David Edison

A wild girl with sand magic in her bones and a mad god who is trying to
fix the world he broke come together in SANDYMANCER, a genrebending mashup of The Wizard of Oz and Dune
All Caralee Vinnet has ever know is dust. Her whole world is made up of the
stuff; water is the most precious thing in the cosmos. Those who can control
the few elements left rule the world. But the world was not always a dust bowl
and the green is not all lost.
And Caralee has a secret - she can draw up power from the sand even
though she isn't supposed to. But she does. . . and winds up summoning a
monster. Who happens to be the former god-king who broke the world 800
years ago and is bent on finishing the task.
Or maybe saving the world. He hasn't decided if it's worth the trouble, though.
Sandymancer is a funhouse fantastical Dorothy in Oz story with failed gods,
dust magic, and murderous gigantic steel ravens. You think you are in a
fantasy tale. . . and then you come to realize that what you are really in is one
amazing science fiction story.
Sandymancer is an endearing, imaginative post-apocalyptic-fantasy-hard SF
mashup with refreshing characters and a twist." - Kevin J. Anderson, New
York Times bestselling co-author of Dune: House Atreides
Praise for The Waking Engine :
"This debut fantasy is a fever (...)

David Edison is the author of The Waking Engine . Born in Missouri, he has
spent most of his life living in New York City and California. His passions
include rescuing pit bulls, leveling up, and all things queer. Sandymancer is
his second novel.

Tor
On Sale: Sep 19/23
6.12 x 9.25 • 368 pages
9780765379603 • $40.99 • CL - With dust jacket
Fiction / Fantasy / Epic