Red Seas Under Red Skies, Lynch Scott

This time, however, they have targeted the grandest prize of all: the Sinspire, the most exclusive and heavily guarded gambling house in the world. Its nine floors attract the wealthiest clientele--and to rise to the top, one must impress with good credit, amusing behavior...and excruciatingly impeccable play. For there is one cardinal rule, enforced by Requin, the houses cold-blooded master: it is death to cheat at any game at the Sinspire.

Brazenly undeterred, Locke and Jean have orchestrated an elaborate plan to lie, trick, and swindle their way up the nine floors...straight to Requins teeming vault. Under the cloak of false identities, they meticulously make their climb--until they are closer to the spoils than ever.

But someone in Tal Verrar has uncovered the duos secret. Someone from their past who has every intention of making the impudent criminals pay for their sins. Now it will take every ounce of cunning to save their mercenary souls. And even that may not be enough....

PRAISE FOR SCOTT LYNCH

A bright new voice in the fantasy genre.--George R. R. Martin

Red Seas Under Red Skies

Lynch hasnt merely imagined a far-off world, hes created it, put it all down on paper--the smells, the sounds, the people, the feel of the place. The novel is a virtuoso performance, and sf/fantasy fans will gobble it up.--Booklist (starred review)

Red Seas Under Red Skies firmly proves that Scott Lynch isnt a one-hit wonder. . . . Itll only be a matter of time before Scott Lynch is mentioned in the same breath as George R. R. Martin and Steven Erikson.--Fantasy Book Critic

Grand, grandiose, grandiloquent . . . No critic is likely to fault Lynch in his overflowing qualities of inventiveness, audacious draftsmanship, and sympathetic characterization.--Locus

The kind of witty romp that reminds you exactly how much fun heroic fantasy is supposed to be.--SFX

The Lies of Locke Lamora

Right now, in the full flush of a second reading, I think The Lies of Locke Lamora is probably in my top ten favorite books ever. Maybe my top five. If you havent read it, you should. If you have read it, you should probably read it again.--Patrick Rothfuss, New York Times bestselling author of The Name of the Wind