The Thief, Enjoyable, but short story.
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What can I say? Good story, good characters. Not a very long read but most enjoyable. Reads like a short story, with a nice twist at the end. If your look for a deep plot line and twisting story full of characters, this isn’t it. If you want a good, but short story with characters you can relate too than buy and enjoy.
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Unforgettable
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The story revolves around Gen - a brash, cocky thief who instantly captures the readers attention. His thoughts, actions, and relationships with the other characters are what really push this book, and make it so unique. After being locked away in prison in Sounis, Gen is offered a way out by the King's Magus. Gen must steal a fabled jewel, to provoke the Queen of Eddis, a neighbouring country, into marrying the King of Sounis. Royal Politics brush the surface of the adventure - as Gen travels with the magus, the naive son of a duke, a destitute nobleman, and an experienced soldier towards their destination, and the jewel. But not all is as it seems, for more than one of the characters.
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Thank you, Thief :)
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Gen was not 'just' a petty thief! He was an excellent one, with attitude, pride, wit and of course, a 'big' secret of his own. I totally enjoyed his interaction among the Magus group. From the first page, you will build a maze in your mind, trying to guess who was Gen, what was he going to do next and why did he do what he did. It's like starting from the folded end of a folded rope and ending to find the start and the end of the rope tied majestically, with the gods' meddling in it :). I couldn't stop being surprised and touched by the relationship bertween the Magus and Gen, a not-successful too-much-bragging thief the Magus thought he was. How the clash between them changed into a deep and honorful friendship. Not to mention Gen's outright comments that sometimes got the best of him and his effort to place Gen back into just a tool to steal. I can't get enough of it. Mrs. Turner surely knows who her characters were. In the end... No, I don't want it to get ended coz I will pick The Queen of Attolia right from my shelf next... I think I will get back to this book after I finished rereading that one too after a looong time :)) Thank you for waking me up from a long dull slumber. This is more than a 10 starred worth review for it.
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Funny, original and unputdownable
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From the moment you read the first sentence you're completely hooked. Gen is a thief, stuck in the king's dungeon, filthy and starving. A magus lets him out on condition Gen steals a fabled jewel Hamiathes's Gift,without which the Queen of another country will not marry the King of Sounis. So begins a dangerous an uncomfortable journey. With them travel two young men, one a Duke's son, the other an impoverished an bullying nobleman, plus a soldier. WHat makes it better than the standard quest story is the wit and rudeness of Gen, and the growing relationships forged between him and his companions. Exciting, fast-paced and well-written, it makes you await the sequel with eagerness.
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one word: W O W!!!
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Turner worked every detail to its fullest extent. The book was so amazing i couldnt put it down.
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