Locke Lamora – Back at Mk1
I can trace the path of recent great fantasy finds from chats with customers about their favourite reads. In this case a recommendation from me of George RR Martin’s Game of Thrones novels was swapped for a glowing review of Joe Abercrombie’s The First Law trilogy. Scott Lynch’s very, very cool Lies of Locke Lamora led to Patrick Rothfuss’ The Name of the Wind. Where did I go to after that?… I found Brent Weeks’ Night Angel trilogy all by myself… I’ve loosely grouped these author’s under the “MK1 favourite Writers” banner – and will create a tag declaring such when I have more than one post up on the new site! So where to next? By my workings it’s your turn – suggestions please..
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
Book I of the Gentleman Bastard Sequence
The Thorn of Camorr is said to be an unbeatable swordsman, a master thief, a ghost that walks through walls. Half the city believes him to be a legendary champion of the poor. The other half believe him to be a foolish myth. Nobody has it quite right.
Slightly built, unlucky in love, and barely competent with a sword, Locke Lamora is, much to his annoyance, the fabled Thorn. He certainly didn’t invite the rumors that swirl around his exploits, which are actually confidence games of the most intricate sort. And while Locke does indeed steal from the rich (who else, pray tell, would be worth stealing from?), the poor never see a penny of it. All of Locke’s gains are strictly for himself and his tight-knit band of thieves, the Gentlemen Bastards.
Locke and company are con artists in an age where con artistry, as we understand it, is a new and unknown style of crime. The less attention anyone pays to them, the better! But a deadly mystery has begun to haunt the ancient city of Camorr, and a clandestine war is threatening to tear the city’s underworld, the only home the Gentlemen Bastards have ever known, to bloody shreds. Caught up in a murderous game, Locke and his friends will find both their loyalty and their ingenuity tested to the breaking point as they struggle to stay alive… Mk1 Price $19.90 720 page softcover paperback
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