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Red Seas Under Red Skies

Red Seas Under Red Skies

Epic FantasyFantasy
Pages
640
Published
2007
Language
English

Synopsis

Locke Lamora and his right-hand man Jean are back, this time in the exotic city of Tal Verrar. After a near-fatal encounter, they're looking for a quiet recovery, but their penchant for relieving the rich of their fortunes leads them to target the most secure gambling house in the world, the Sinspire. Their elaborate plan to swindle their way to the vault is underway, but a dangerous secret threatens to expose them.

Prose complexity
7/10

Collected in

Book cover of The Gentleman Bastard Series 3-Book Bundle
The Gentleman Bastard Series 3-Book Bundle

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DarkTenseAdventurousGritty
HeistMorally Grey

Genres

Epic Fantasy Fantasy High Fantasy

About the author

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Scott Lynch

Scott Lynch is an American fantasy author, born April 2, 1978, in St. Paul, Minnesota. He is best known for the Gentleman Bastard sequence, beginning with The Lies of Locke Lamora (2006). Before writing full-time he worked as a dishwasher, waiter, web designer, office manager, prep cook, and paid-on-call firefighter. He lives in Massachusetts with his wife, fellow fantasy author Elizabeth Bear.

Characters

Locke LamoraProtagonist
Jean TannenProtagonist
RequinAntagonist
Maxilan StragosAntagonist

The Archon of Tal Verrar, who poisons Locke and Jean to force them into staging a fake pirate uprising.

Zamira DrakashaSupporting

Pirate captain of the Poison Orchid who becomes an uneasy ally to Locke and Jean.

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