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Tor
July 2017
On Sale: July 11, 2017
Featuring: Maestro Astolfo
384 pages
ISBN: 0765379139
EAN: 9780765379139
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Fantasy
The extraordinary fantasy adventure of an apprentice shadow thief from award-winning poet and author Fred Chappell. This stylish, episodic fantasy novel is for fans of epic fantasies and heists. The tale follows the exploits of Falco, a young man from the country, who arrives in the port city of Tardocco with the ambition of becoming an apprentice to a master shadow thief. Maestro Astolfo, whose mysterious powers of observation would rival those of Sherlock Holmes, sees Falco's potential and puts him through a grueling series of physical lessons and intellectual tests. Falco's adventures coalesce into one overarching story of con men, monsters, ingenious detection, pirates, and cats. A wry humor leavens this fantastical concoction, and the style is as rich and textured as one would hope for from Chappell, a distinguished poet as well as a World Fantasy Awardโwinning author.
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