The Republic of Thieves
After their adventures on the high seas, Locke and Jean are brought back to earth with a thump. Jean is mourning the loss of his lover and Locke must live with the fallout of crossing the all-powerful magical assassins the Bonds Magi. It is a fall-out that will pit both men against Locke's own...
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After their adventures on the high seas, Locke and Jean are brought back to earth with a thump. Jean is mourning the loss of his lover and Locke must live with the fallout of crossing the all-powerful magical assassins the Bonds Magi. It is a fall-out that will pit both men against Locke's own long lost love. Sabetha is Locke's childhood sweetheart, the love of Locke's life and now it is time for them to meet again. Employed on different sides of a vicious dispute between factions of the Bonds Sabetha has just one goal - to destroy Locke for ever. The Gentleman Bastard sequence has become a literary sensation in fantasy circles and now, with the third book, Scott Lynch is set to seal that success.
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Format: papier
ISBN:
9780553804690
Publish date: 3 września 2013
Publisher: Spectra
Pages no: 488
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Magic,
Adventure,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Epic Fantasy,
Epic,
High Fantasy,
Romance,
Adult,
Mystery,
Crime
Series: Gentleman Bastard (#3)
I loved LLL but hated Red Seas Under Red Skies. It's rare that my husband Dorian loves a book that I don't, but that was the case this time, unfortunately. Maybe it's because I had high expectations, but it was only because I loved LLL that I kept reading at all. First, every other chapter is set in...
greatly disliked the sabetha/locke plot, as much as I loved sabetha.
greatly disliked the sabetha/locke plot, as much as I loved sabetha.
The Republic of Thieves is the third book in Scott Lynch’s ongoing Gentleman Bastard series. Wait! Where you going? You don’t need to be familiar with the series to read this review. All you need is some tolerance for paragraphs of prattle.The series (so far) is basically about the adventures of Loc...
Slightly less impressed by this one, I must say. The only time I actually enjoy politics is when it's glossed over very well with a fantasy veneer, so I was excited to read about the main plot for Republic of Thieves. However - more of the story was spent on the past Gentlemen Bastards rather than...