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Republic of Thieves Hardcover – September 20, 2018
It is a fallout 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.
- Print length722 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherGollancz
- Publication dateSeptember 20, 2018
- Dimensions5.28 x 1.89 x 8.03 inches
- ISBN-101473223717
- ISBN-13978-1473223714
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Product details
- Publisher : Gollancz (September 20, 2018)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 722 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1473223717
- ISBN-13 : 978-1473223714
- Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
- Dimensions : 5.28 x 1.89 x 8.03 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #186,041 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #8,552 in Paranormal & Urban Fantasy (Books)
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About the author
Author of the internationally best-selling Gentleman Bastard sequence, Scott has been nominated for the World Fantasy Award, the Locus Award, the Campbell Award, and the Compton Crook Award. He received the British Fantasy Society Award for Best Newcomer in 2008.
Scott was born in 1978 in St. Paul, Minnesota, the first of three brothers. At various times he was a dishwasher, a waiter, a graphic designer, an office manager, a prep cook, and a freelancer/self-publisher in the gaming field, before accidentally selling his first novel in 2004.
After training at Anoka Technical College in Minnesota in 2005, Scott joined his local fire department in St. Croix County, Wisconsin and served as a paid-on-call firefighter for eleven years.
In 2016, Scott moved to Massachusetts and married his longtime partner, famed SF/F writer Elizabeth Bear.
UPDATE: Scott finished a draft of the next Gentleman Bastard novel, THE THORN OF EMBERLAIN, at the end of May 2019.
Scott's Website: http://www.scottlynch.us
Scott on Twitter: @scottlynch78
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Photo: Charles Darrell
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I always found it so interesting that in the previous two books, Sabetha was a character mentioned multiple times, but she never actually appeared in any of the flashbacks or the present day story line. This is definitely remedied in The Republic of Thieves, as she's featured in both the main story of the book, and the series of flash backs going from their first meeting their first big scheme as a team. Here is where the book really shined for me, as while I enjoyed the political thriller of the present story line, I was enthralled by the long flashback where the young Gentlemen Bastards are sent off to join an acting troupe and save the director Moncraine from massive debt and prison/hand-amputation for punching a noble. I absolutely loved all of the character building in this session of the story, and the multi-layered writing as the characters are acting in a Shakespearean Tragedy of Scott Lynch's own creation. I think a lot of other writers would have left a lot of it ambiguous, but the author doesn't stray from writing the play the characters are rehearsing and acting in while taking place in a fantasy novel.
The slowly budding love between Sabetha and Locke was a joy to read, and it served as a really interesting counterpart to the present day story line years later where they've been separated for years but are starting to potentially rekindle that relationship. Of course things wouldn't be that easy, as if the ever watching Bondsmagi of both sides promise to kill the opponent of their representative if either of them don't put everything into winning the game. There's also some twistiness introduced with Locke's background and his true name that could change everything the characters think they know.
Overall, this is a wonderful continuation of an excellent series of books, that while not quite matching the quality of the first two books, is a must read for an fan of the earlier books. My biggest complaint is probably that the stakes aren't quite as high in this book as the first two, and the conclusion is nowhere near as insane. Still, I'd definitely recommend it.
If you were to read this book in a vacuum I'd say its a 3 star book; these are some great con artists and thieves, the situations are fun and there's a lot of energy in the pages. Some of the fantasy images that are conjured by the book are downright awesome. That said, this is a book with two entwined stories, the Republic of Thieves and the Five Year Game, and I feel like telling two stories in one book is somewhat of a risk, especially if one is better than the other. I felt like the Five Year Game story was much more interesting and compelling to read, and the Republic of Thieves story was less so, overall (with some exceptions). I found the Five Year Game story much more interesting because of the stakes for the characters and the world and the direct conflict - thief against thief - that made it so much less predictable and fun to read. The Republic of Thieves is also very teen angst-y, which it has a right to be since they are teenagers, but doesn't make Locke's awkwardness, shyness, and whining around/about Sabetha any more off-putting. So, in a vacuum this book is "okay" because I felt like it was a 2-3 star story and a 4 star story woven together, and it's always frustrating to be forced to drop the story you're interested in for one that's less interesting.
The reason why I give this book 4 stars is because of its place in the series. The best things about this book were the world building; the connections made to the "larger story" the books are telling, revelations (finally) about Locke and Sabetha's past, and of course the slick dialog, wit, and cleverness of Locke, Jean, and Sabetha. Knowing the origins of Locke and Sabetha's issues and relationship. Us readers, knowing more about the wider world of the story and certain things happening to that world by the end of this book. The 5 Year Game story was a fun story of political muckraking and party machining, and the play production was at times entertaining in its own right as well, but I felt like the best parts of both of the major stories were the revelations and answers we were given rather than the actual main plots being unfolded. These acted as backdrops for questions to be answered and pasts explored, but I did not find them to be necessarily electrifying on their own.
I had concerns about the ending and epilogue simply because it felt so quick and abrupt, and it was done with a viewpoint change which made the writing feel very different. The ending was somewhat shocking and I'm still thinking about what to make of it. The table has been set for some great stories yet to be told in this series and these entertaining characters should be up to the task of telling them. Hopefully the next edition has a more balanced story pairing, or the stories have more direct impact upon each other. Maybe Mr. Lynch will ditch the format altogether and tell one very solid story the several perspectives he has to play with now.
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