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Escaping from the attentions of the Bondsmagi Locke Lamora, the estwhile 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. Fine 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 the one man who believes e has humiliated them and lived; Locke Lamora.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #155077 in Books
• Published on: 2007-06-21
• Binding: Hardcover
• 592 pages

Saxon Bullock., SFX
"Balancing thrilling action sequences with the harsh realities of violence and its aftermath, it's the kind of witty romp that reminds you how much fun heroic fantasy is supposed to be. Rip-roaring entertainment."

Review
"Balancing thrilling action sequences with the harsh realities of violence and its aftermath, it's the kind of witty romp that reminds you how much fun heroic fantasy is supposed to be. Rip-roaring entertainment." (Saxon Bullock. SFX )

"As sequels go, Red Seas Under Red Skies is fabulous and a more accomplished, more tightly written novel than its predecessor. Considering what a top notch job Lynch did with his debut, this is impressive." (Rob Bedford SFFWORLD.COM )

"The Lies of Locke Lamora was one of the most stylish debuts in years. Red Seas Under Red Skies manages to be a worthy succesor." (Roz Kaveney TIME OUT )

"The release of another of Scott Lynch's Gentleman Bastard series has become something of a fantasy event." (EDGE )

"This complex fantasy novel is full of surprises and intriguing characters. An absolutely cracking read" (DEATHRAY )

Roz Kaveney, TIME OUT
"The Lies of Locke Lamora was one of the most stylish debuts in years. Red Seas Under Red Skies manages to be a worthy succesor."

Customer Reviews

I haven't finished it yet.......
..although I started it weeks ago, but fact is I keep putting it down and not picking it up again. I've read at least a dozen fiction books (including fantasy of a very similar genre) and several non fiction books in the interim and even a management text book in preference to this. Is almost hard to pin down why, as it has some good ideas, vividly drawn, with some effective touches of black humour; so much so that the side plots and subsidiary characters are rather more compelling than the main story. I think it is the two chief protagonists, as much as anything - for some reason I just frankly don't give damn if they live or die, which undermines dramatic tension somewhat. File under 'heroic failures' and read something else

Enjoy the ride!
I thoroughly enjoyed this book, sure the technical side of the sea-set sections of the book may not have been spot on but so what, it doesn't detract from the story line. I loved the way the story moved back and forward in the first section between the set up of the plan its execution and the whole thing romped along with never a dull moment from beginning to end. A cracking read.

(still) "Smarter and richer than everyone else!!"
I've reluctantly given this book 4 stars as I need to distinguish it from TLoLL which, I believe, is ever so slighty the more superior of the two. In TLoLL, Lynch gave us such great novel to introduce Locke's world and the charcters that inhabit them that it has enabled him to spend more time spinning some thoroughly enjoyable and twisted stories in Red Skies. Red Skies builds on Locke's world and expands upon the characters, clans and races. However after reading Red Skies I felt that Lynch achieved less in this book than in TLoLL.
The story shoots along at a hell of a pace and at times the shear wealth of possible sub-stiories can be bewildering. I can only hope that Lynch plans to release a similar companion to this book in the same vain as The Bastards and the Knives: The Mad Baron's Mechanical Attic and The Choir of Knives: An Omnibus: The Gentleman Bastard - The Prequel, is for TLoLL due out in Nov 2008.
Red Skies does stutter in places and although I enjoyed every bit of the story at times I began to think "Where the hell did that come from??"
If you enjoyed TLoLL then Red Skies is a must, its just too damn good to pass up. For those who haven't got into the Gentleman Bastard Sequence then give it a shot with TLoLL and go from there. In my opinion RSURS continues to deliver sharp, witty, and downright fun story-telling by using engrossing characters and fantastic settings, it simply cannot fail to entertain.