Gentleman
Bastards
The Lies of Locke Lamora
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illustrations by: Ed Miller
aka Les Edwards |
Bug |
Father Chains |
Grey King |
Plague Ship |
Red Seas Under Red Skies
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Red Messanger Before the Wind
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Golden Steps
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The Lies of
Locke Lamora (2nd
Review)
An
orphan's life is harsh - and often short - in the island city of
Camorr, built on the ruins of a mysterious alien race. But born with a
quick wit and a gift for thieving, Locke Lamora has dodged both death
and slavery, only to fall into the hands of an eyeless priest known as
Chains - a man who is neither blind nor a priest. A con artist of
extraordinary talent, Chains passes his skills on to his carefully
selected “family” of orphans - a group known as the Gentlemen Bastards.
Under his tutelage, Locke grows to lead the Bastards, delightedly
pulling off one outrageous confidence game after another. Soon he is
infamous as the Thorn of Camorr, and no wealthy noble is safe from his
sting.
Passing
themselves off as petty thieves, the brilliant Locke and his
tightly knit band of light-fingered brothers have fooled even the
criminal underworld's most feared ruler, Capa Barsavi. But there is
someone in the shadows more powerful - and more ambitious - than Locke
has yet imagined.
Known
as the Gray King, he is slowly killing Capa Barsavi's most
trusted men - and using Locke as a pawn in his plot to take control of
Camorr's underworld. With a bloody coup under way threatening to
destroy everyone and everything that holds meaning in his mercenary
life, Locke vows to beat the Gray King at his own brutal game - or die
trying.…
Red Seas Under Red Skies
Escaping from
the attentions of the Bondsmagi Locke Lamora, the
estwhile Thorn of Camorr and Jean Tannen have fled their home city.
Taking ship they arrive in the city state of Tal Varrar where they are
soon planning their most spectacular heist yet; they will take the
luxurious gaming house, The Sinspire, for all of its countless riches.
No-one has ever taken even a single coin from the Sinspire that wasn't
won on the tables or in the other games of chance on offer there. But,
as ever, the path of true crime rarely runs smooth and Locke and Jean
soon find themselves co-opted into an attempt to bring the pirate fleet
of the notorious Zamira Drakasha to justice. Fine work for thieves who
don't know one end of galley from another. And all the while the
Bondsmagi are plotting their very necessary revenge against the one man
who believes he has humiliated them and lived; Locke Lamora.
The
Republic
of Thieves
(October 2008)
Locke Lamora is
one of those unforgettable characters, someone you kind of wish was
real. I re-read "The Lies Of Locke Lamora" more than thrice and I
know that if I'm in between books in the future, I'll probably read it
again.
"Red Seas
Under Red Skies" wasn't quite as smooth and flawless as the
first, but it wasn't bad, either.
"The
Republic of Thieves" comes out in October. I'll definitely be
grabbing a copy as quickly as I can get my greedy hands on it.
Scott
Lynch Web Site
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