Thieftaker
by:
D.B. Jackson (author)
Boston, 1765: The British Crown imposes onerous taxes on the thirteen colonies, and intrigue swirls around firebrands like Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty. For Ethan Kaille, a conjurer who makes his living tracking down thieves, politics is for others...until he is asked to recover a...
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Boston, 1765: The British Crown imposes onerous taxes on the thirteen colonies, and intrigue swirls around firebrands like Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty. For Ethan Kaille, a conjurer who makes his living tracking down thieves, politics is for others...until he is asked to recover a necklace worn by the murdered daughter of a prominent family. A man with a dark past, Ethan can ill afford to turn this case down. But taking the case means facing the most powerful members of Boston’s high society and its seamy underbelly. And behind it all, another conjurer waits, who has already killed in the service of powerful masters. Ethan is in way over his head, hopelessly overmatched by the deadly spellcraft of someone he cannot even see.In Thieftaker, D. B. Jackson delivers a thrilling debut tale of magic and intrigue that will leave readers breathless and eager for more Ethan Kaille.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780765366061 (0765366061)
ASIN: 765366061
Publish date: July 2nd 2013
Publisher: Tor Fantasy
Pages no: 400
Edition language: English
Series: Thieftaker Chronicles (#1)
Enjoyed this a lot, very interesting series and combination of historical fiction and fantasy.
I started reading Thieftaker but I just can't really get into it. The story is just meh and so are the characters. It also kind of bothers me that the main character is still in love with a former flame, but sleeping with someone else. It also bothers me that he seems to either be loyal to the crown...
Boston, 1765: The British Crown imposes onerous taxes on the thirteen colonies, and intrigue swirls around firebrands like Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty. For Ethan Kaille, a conjurer who makes his living tracking down thieves, politics is for others...until he is asked to recover a necklace w...
“Thieftaker” is not just a modern urban noir supernatural detective story dressed up in a period costume, it is driven by the events and the mindset of the period, which gives it a distinctive and intriguing flavour. It is driven as much by character as by plot. Our hero is not an easy man to be n...
A great read! I actually got this book out of my local library and loved it enough that I went and bought my own copy and also bought the second installment as well. It is a well written and faced paced tale of murder and magic in Boston in the years leading up to the American Revolution. I look...