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The Lies of Locke Lamora
Scott Lynch
In this stunning debut, author Scott Lynch delivers the wonderfully thrilling tale of an audacious criminal and his band of confidence tricksters.
Bantam Spectra
July 2006
Featuring: Locke Lamora
512 pages
ISBN: 0553804677
Hardcover
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Science Fiction | Fantasy
Set in a fantastic city pulsing with the lives of decadent
nobles and daring thieves, here is a story of adventure,
loyalty, and survival that is one part "Robin Hood," one
part Ocean's Eleven, and entirely enthralling.... 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....
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