Red Seas Under Red Skies

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Red Seas Under Red Skies
Red Seas under Red Skies Book Cover
Author Scott Lynch
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Fantasy, Novel
Publisher Gollancz (UK); Bantam Doubleday Dell (USA)
Publication date June, 2007
Media type Print - Hardback & Paperback (forthcoming)
Pages 558 pp (US hardback edition)
ISBN ISBN 0-575-07925-8 (UK edition)
Preceded by 'The Lies of Locke Lamora'
Followed by 'The Republic of Thieves (forthcoming)

Red Seas Under Red Skies is the second novel (of a projected seven) in Scott Lynch's Gentlemen Bastard series.

[edit] The Gentleman Bastard Series

  1. The Lies of Locke Lamora (June 2006)
  2. Red Seas Under Red Skies (June 2007)
  3. The Republic of Thieves (forthcoming)
  4. The Thorn of Emberlain (forthcoming)
  5. The Ministry of Necessity (forthcoming)
  6. The Mage and the Master Spy (forthcoming)
  7. Inherit the Night (forthcoming)

[edit] Plot summary

Escaping from the attentions of the Bondsmagi, Locke Lamora, the erstwhile Thorn of Camorr, and Jean Tannen have fled their home city. Taking ship they arrive in the city state of Tal Varrar where they are soon planning their most spectacular heist yet: They will take the luxurious gaming house, The Sinspire, for all of its countless riches. No one has ever taken even a single coin from the Sinspire that wasn't won on the tables or in the other games of chance on offer there.

But, as ever, the path of true crime rarely runs smooth and Locke and Jean soon find themselves co-opted into an attempt to bring the pirate fleet of the notorious Zamira Drakasha to justice. This is unusual work for thieves who don't know one end of galley from another. And all the while the Bondsmagi are plotting their very necessary revenge against Locke, the one man who has humiliated them and lived.

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