Loch is seeking revenge. 

It would help if she wasn’t in jail.

 

The plan: to steal a priceless elven manuscript that once belonged to her family, but now is in the hands of the most powerful man in the Republic. To do so Loch—former soldier, former prisoner, current fugitive—must assemble a crack team of magical misfits that includes a cynical illusionist, a shapeshifting unicorn, a repentant death priestess, a talking magical warhammer, and a lad with seemingly no skills to help her break into the floating fortress of Heaven’s Spire and the vault that holds her family’s treasure—all while eluding the unrelenting pursuit of Justicar Pyvic, whose only mission is to see the law upheld.

What could possibly go wrong?

 

The Palace Job is a funny, action-packed, high-fantasy heist caper in the tradition of Scott Lynch’s Gentleman Bastards series, from debut author Patrick Weekes.

Loch is seeking revenge. 

It would help if she wasn’t in jail.

The plan: to steal a priceless elven manuscript that once belonged to her family, but now is in the hands of the most powerful man in the Republic. To do so Loch—former soldier, former prisoner, current fugitive—must assemble a crack team of magical misfits that includes a cynical illusionist, a shapeshifting unicorn, a repentant death priestess, a talking magical warhammer, and a lad with seemingly no skills to help her break into the floating fortress of Heaven’s Spire and the vault that holds her family’s treasure—all while eluding the unrelenting pursuit of Justicar Pyvic, whose only mission is to see the law upheld.

What could possibly go wrong?

The Palace Job is a funny, action-packed, high-fantasy heist caper in the tradition of Scott Lynch’s Gentleman Bastards series, from debut author Patrick Weekes

Review is for the series. I really liked this trilogy! The characters were a little hard to get comfortable with in the beginning, but I stayed with the books because I love the relationship between thieves Loch and Kail. Their banter really reminded me of Michael J Sullivan's Royce and Hadrian. The banter was corny and the characters came off as corny in the first book, too, but I'm really glad I stayed with it because I was so disappointed when it ended. Hear that, Patrick Weekes? I would love to see more stories about these two, even in prequels or novellas. This is a fun series, particularly if you like the LitRPG genre. The story is wacky and fun and the characters are definitely unique. Great story! Fun read!

Review is for the series. I really liked this trilogy! The characters were a little hard to get comfortable with in the beginning, but I stayed with the books because I love the relationship between thieves Loch and Kail. Their banter really reminded me of Michael J Sullivan's Royce and Hadrian. The banter was corny and the characters came off as corny in the first book, too, but I'm really glad I stayed with it because I was so disappointed when it ended. Hear that, Patrick Weekes? I would love to see more stories about these two, even in prequels or novellas. This is a fun series, particularly if you like the LitRPG genre. The story is wacky and fun and the characters are definitely unique. Great story! Fun read!

The Palace Job by Patrick Weekes (writer for Bioware on both the Dragon Age and Mass Effect franchises) is a somewhat shallow but action-packed novel set in a magical fantasy world.  Loch and Kail are former Scouts for the Republic who are planning to steal a priceless Elven manuscript back from the man who framed them…which would be easier if they weren’t in the jail that hangs from the bottom of a floating city.  Thankfully that’s only a minor problem for Loch, and she quickly escapes and starts to gather your usual motley team to steal the thing.

 

The plot tumbles forward headlong from there, introducing the various players, including a unicorn, a Death priestess, an intelligent warhammer, a shifty illusionist, a farmboy, a martial artist from the enemy Empire, and more.  There’s a lot of characters and Weekes isn’t too interested in going deep with all of them, but the book is genuinely funny and deals with some of the typical fantasy tropes in a unique way, so I’m good with it.  The Ocean’s Eleven comparison you see a lot are apt – you’re just expected to roll with the characters after their little introductions.  If that’s something that would bother you, just be aware.

 

The Palace Job is a fun adventure starring an eclectic cast of characters.  It’s not more than that, but it *is* entertaining.  You can read it for free via Prime Reading if you are an Amazon Prime member, or it’s $3.99 to buy.