Book 1 of the Amra Thetys series

*The self-published edition of this title is the winner of Mark Lawrence's Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off (out of 270 entrants)

DESCRIPTION
"They butchered Corbin right out in the street. That’s how it really started. He was a rogue and a thief, of course. But then, so am I. So when he got himself hacked up in front of his house off Silk Street, I decided somebody had to be made to pay. They thought that they could just sweep him away like rubbish. They were wrong."

Amra Thetys is a thief with morals: she won't steal from anybody poorer than she is; of course, anybody that poor generally doesn't have much worth stealing.

When a fellow thief and good friend is killed in a deal gone wrong, Amra turns her back on burglary and goes after something far more precious: revenge. Revenge, however, might be hard to come by. A nightmare assortment of enemies, including an immortal assassin and a mad sorcerer, believe Amra is in possession of The Blade That Whispers Hate—the legendary, powerful artifact her friend was murdered for—and they'll do anything to take it from her.

Trouble is, Amra hasn't got the least clue where the Blade might be. She needs to find the Blade, and soon, or she'll be joining her unfortunate friend in a cold grave rather than avenging his death, and time is running short for the small, scarred thief.

The Thief Who Pulled on Trouble's Braids is the first volume in Michael McClung's Amra Thetys series.

PRAISE
"Mixing sword and sorcery with streamlined paces, Michael McClung's debut is a terrific story that is very much in the vein of works by Scott Lynch, David Dalglish & Douglas Hulick."
—Mihir Wanchoo, Fantasy Book Critic

"I freakin' loved this book. Amra is one not-to-be-messed-with kick-ass woman. She has a gritty, realistic, outlook on life, as you'd expect from a thief who's friend has been brutally butchered in the street. Told in first person POV gives us an up-close and personal aspect, which makes for a nail-biting read. And the writing is fantastic. Some of the best I've read this year. This is going on my favourites shelf."
—I Heart Books, Amazon.co.uk