The Spirit Rebellion

Eli Monpress is a thief, a brilliant and incorrigible one, and he is still free. That fact irritates Miranda Lyonette, who has been thrown out of the Spirit Court. While Eli spent the time planning his next job, Miranda has been handed new work that gives her a real chance to catch him.

Eli's latest target is the citadel of the Duke of Gaol, a fortress with a reputation for being thief-proof. He knows Gaol is a trap. He goes anyway, since a challenge is the point of the exercise.

The Duke makes the job harder than the walls do. He is a wizard and one of the wealthiest men in the world, and he rules his duchy with an iron fist. He is also a perfectionist, and his single hobby is Eli himself.

This is a fantasy adventure with a heist at its centre and a comic, roguish tone. Spirits and wizards share its world, and the Spirit Court plays a part in Miranda's story. Eli is chased from several directions at once: by Miranda, by the Duke, and by anyone else who wants him caught. The pace is brisk, and the stakes rise with every pursuer who joins the hunt.