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Title | The Lies of Locke Lamora
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Author | Scott Lynch
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Publisher | Gollancz - 2007
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First Printing | Gollancz - 2006
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Title | Red Seas Under Red Skies
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Author | Scott Lynch
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Title | Republic of Thieves
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Author | Scott Lynch
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Title | The Thorn of Emberlain
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Author | Scott Lynch
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Title | The Ministry of Necessity
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Author | Scott Lynch
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Title | The Mage and the Master Spy
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Author | Scott Lynch
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Title | Inherit the Night
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Author | Scott Lynch
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Category | Fantasy
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Warnings | None
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Main Characters | Locke Lamora, Father Chains, Jean Tannen, Calo Sanza, Galdo Sanza, Bertilion "Bug" Gadek
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Main Elements | Wizards, thieves
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Website | scottlynch.us
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 The Lies of Locke Lamora
The Thorn of Camorr is said to be an unbeatable swordsman, a master thief, a friend to the poor, a ghost that walks through walls.
Slightly built and barely competent with a sword, Locke Lamora is, much to his annoyance, the fabled Thorn. And while Locke does indeed steal from the rich (who else would be worth stealing from?), the poor never sees a penny. All of Locke's gains are strictly for himself and his tight-knit band of thieves: The Gentlemen Bastards.
The capricious, colourful underworld of the ancient city of Camorr is the only home they've ever known. But now a clandestine war is threatening to tear it apart. Caught up in a murderous game, Locke and his friends are suddenly struggling just to stay alive...
I was surprised by how much I enjoyed the first book of the Gentleman Bastard series, though there were a few parts here and there that bored me quite a bit, and the occasional scene where I had to suspend disbelief a bit more than one should have to, but I don't usually mind if the story is still good.
The characters were wonderful. Sure, they were a bunch of thieves, but they were fun and clever and one grows quite attached to them over time. And they have their own sense of honour, which stops them from being simple ruffians. In fact, the thefts aren't even about the money, it's about the game, and that made it fun, the elaborate lengths Locke would go to set up the perfect heist. But, when you've got enemies, even the most perfectly planned heist could be foiled again and again. Yet Locke and his loyal followers work together to find their way out of ever increasing messes. But this is no light tale full of fun and tricks, not every characters survives till the end, and Locke may have found a challenger even more clever than he.
I didn't jump right into the rest of the series since Lynch is a bit slow in putting them out, and this first installment stands quite well on it's own. But if Lynch is able to keep Locke going with his clever tricks, and expands on the world in which they live (the city sounds beautiful, made of a material no one understands, some believing that it was left there by the gods themselves), I'm sure I'll be enjoying the rest of the series too.
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