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Also by Scott Lynch:

The Republic of Thieves, July 2025
Trade Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
Red Seas Under Red Skies, July 2025
Trade Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
The Lies of Locke Lamora, September 2024
Trade Paperback
The Republic Of Thieves, October 2010
Paperback
The Bastards And The Knives, May 2010
Paperback
Red Seas Under Red Skies, August 2008
Mass Market Paperback
The Lies Of Locke Lamora, July 2007
Mass Market Paperback
The Lies of Locke Lamora, July 2006
Hardcover

THE BASTARDS AND THE KNIVES
By: Scott Lynch

The Prequel

The Gentleman Bastard
Gollancz
May 2010
On Sale: May 1, 2010
336 pages
ISBN: 0575082127
EAN: 9780575082120
Paperback
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Fantasy

These two novellas tell the story of how Locke, Jean and the other gentleman bastards acquired the Austershalin brandy that played such a key role in the con at the centre of THE LIES OF LOCKE LAMORA and how they managed to avoid being killed by the elite assassins known as the Choir of Knives.

These two novellas will fill in the backstory of the Bastards and allow fans to revisit the pleasures of the banter and antics of Caldo, Galdo and Bug as well discover how Locke and Jean forged their gang. They will also serve as an excellent introduction to Locke and his world for new readers. And because these are novellas by Scott Lynch they will also provide 100,000 words full of devious con-work, high adventure, razor sharp dialogue and rich atmopshere.