Locke Lamora'nın Yalanları by Scott Lynch

He’s the “brains” of the operation and it shows in all of the elaborate schemes he constructs and his incredible improvisation, most notable to me when he loses everything and has to start all over for another man, this would be devastating both physically and mentally but (with the help of his best friend, Jean, of course) he picks himself back up, heads to what is basically the Wall Street of Camorr, and robs the head of it for his clothing and money. First of all, no one in this book is entirely good, but Locke makes being a thief so fun and is a good person at his core. We should start with Locke Lamora, the protagonist himself, also known as the Thorn of Camorr.

Everything is going well until a mysterious figure called the Gray King hits too close to home at Camorr’s underworld boss, Capa Barsavi, and Locke finds himself embroiled in a cat-and-mouse game between the two that might be even out of his league. Given to the service of Father Chains, he was taught how to refine his skills and imitate the nobility, useful stuff given that he steals from nobles now as a man alongside his crew. I really want to go into spoilers so if you need a go ahead to read this book, here it is: read it if you want adventure, spies and cons both momentous and small, found family that’ll make you laugh and cry, and an ending that has to be one of my favorite endings of all time.Īs a boy, Locke Lamora was a thief that stole too much. The Lies of Locke Lamora gave me as intense of a ride as I imagine Locke gives most of his victims, and was everything I had been promised and more. Even such a master of the sword as the Thorn of Camorr. The Grey King is coming.Ī man would be well advised not to be caught between Capa Barsavi and The Grey King. A challenge from a man no one has ever seen, a man no blade can touch. And to Capa Barsavi, the criminal mastermind who runs the city.īut there are whispers of a challenge to the Capa's power. Home to Dons, merchants, soldiers, beggars, cripples, and feral children. Built of Elderglass by a race no-one remembers, it's a city of shifting revels, filthy canals, baroque palaces and crowded cemeteries. Together their domain is the city of Camorr. What Locke cons, wheedles and tricks into his possession is strictly for him and his band of fellow con-artists and thieves: the Gentleman Bastards. He steals from the rich - they're the only ones worth stealing from - but the poor can go steal for themselves. Only averagely tall, slender, and god-awful with a sword, Locke Lamora is the fabled Thorn, and the greatest weapons at his disposal are his wit and cunning. They say he's part man, part myth, and mostly street-corner rumor. They say he steals from the rich and gives to the poor. They say that the Thorn of Camorr can beat anyone in a fight.

Locke Lamora'nın Yalanları by Scott Lynch