Small God Of The Silt (novelarchive.cc)

In the Embered Sovereignty, every prayer belongs to the state. Gods may be worshipped only if they are licensed, and a god who keeps his own prayers is burned out by the Quietors. Rook Cask is a nineteen-year-old filter thief in the Silt, the rotting lower city under a spire eight miles tall. Trapped in a sealed valve…