And to Capa Barsavi, the criminal mastermind who runs the city.īut there are whispers of a challenge to the Capa’s power.

Home to Dons, merchants, soldiers, beggars, cripples, and feral children. Built of Elderglass by a race no-one remembers, it’s a city of shifting revels, filthy canals, baroque palaces and crowded cemeteries. Together their domain is the city of Camorr. What Locke cons, wheedles and tricks into his possession is strictly for him and his band of fellow con-artists and thieves: the Gentleman Bastards. He steals from the rich – they’re the only ones worth stealing from – but the poor can go steal for themselves. Only averagely tall, slender, and god-awful with a sword, Locke Lamora is the fabled Thorn, and the greatest weapons at his disposal are his wit and cunning.

They say he’s part man, part myth, and mostly street-corner rumor. They say he steals from the rich and gives to the poor. a great swashbuckling yarn of a novel.-Richard Morganįrom the Hardcover edition.They say that the Thorn of Camorr can beat anyone in a fight. Lynch immediately establishes himself as a gifted and fearless storyteller, unafraid of comparisons to Silverberg and Jordan, not to mention David Liss and even Dickens.- Booklist (starred review) A true genre bender, at home on almost any kind of fiction shelf. Locke's wit and audacity endear him to victims and bystanders alike.- The Seattle Times A unique fantasy milieu peopled by absorbing, colorful characters. If you have read it, you should probably read it again.-Patrick Rothfuss, New York Times bestselling author of The Name of the Wind Right now, in the full flush of a second reading, I think The Lies of Locke Lamora is probably in my top ten favorite books ever. Faced with a bloody coup that threatens to destroy everyone and everything that holds meaning in his mercenary life, Locke vows to beat the enemy at his own brutal game-or die trying. But in the shadows lurks someone still more ambitious and deadly. As leader of the band of light-fingered brothers known as the Gentleman Bastards, Locke is soon infamous, fooling even the underworld's most feared ruler. But young Locke Lamora dodges death and slavery, becoming a thief under the tutelage of a gifted con artist. Scott Lynch's first novel, The Lies of Locke Lamora, exports the suspense and wit of a cleverly constructed crime caper into an exotic realm of fantasy, and the result is engagingly entertaining.- The Times (London)Īn orphan's life is harsh-and often short-in the mysterious island city of Camorr.

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