In this stunning debut, author Scott Lynch delivers the
wonderfully thrilling tale of an audacious criminal and his
band of confidence tricksters. 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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