The Lies of Locke Lamora
by Scott Lynch
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"HIGH-OCTANE FANTASY...A CREAT SWASHBUCKLING YARN OF A NOVEL."
-Richard Morgan
In this stunning debut, Scott Lynch delivers the thrilling tale of an audacious criminal and his tightly knit band of tricksters. Set in a fantastic city pulsing with the lives of decadent nobles and daring thieves, here is a story of adventure, loyalty, and survival that is one part "Robin Hood," one part Ocean's Eleven, and entirely enthralling....
An orphan's life is harsh-and often short-in the mysterious island city of Camorr. But young Locke Lamora dodges death and slavery, becoming a thief under the tutelage of a gifted con artist. As leader of the band of light-fingered brothers known as the Gentleman Bastards, Locke is soon infamous,fooling even the underworld's most feared ruler. But in the shadows lurks someone still more ambitious and deadly.
Faced with a bloody coup that threatens to destroy everyone and everything that holds meaning in his mercenary life, Locke vows to beat the enemy at his own brutal game-or die trying....
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The Lies of Locke Lamora
June 26, 2007, Bantam Dell
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- Bantam Mass Market Edition
055358894X 9780553588941
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"At the height of the long wet summer of the Seventy-seventh Year of Sendovani, the Thief-maker of Camorr paid a sudden and unannounced visit to the Eyeless Priest at the Temple of Perelandro, desperately hoping to sell him the Lamora boy."
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