The Bastards and the Knives
The Mad Baron's Mechanical Attic and the Choir of Knives: an Omnibus
336 pages · Released Nov 1, 2009 · Gollancz
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These are fantasy novellas featuring con artists and their conflicts with assassins, written for adult readers but marketed within a YA-adjacent series. The content includes action violence, moderate profanity, clever dialogue, and morally complex characters who scheme and occasionally kill. While not graphically brutal, the tone and sophistication suit older teens rather than younger readers.
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These two novellas tell the story of how Locke, Jean and the other gentleman bastards acquired the Austershalin brandy that played such a key role in the con at the centre of THE LIES OF LOCKE LAMORA and how they managed to avoid being killed by the elite assassins known as the Choir of Knives.These two novellas will f... These two novellas tell the story of how Locke, Jean and the other gentleman bastards acquired the Austershalin brandy that played such a key role in the con at the centre of THE LIES OF LOCKE LAMORA and how they managed to avoid being killed by the elite assassins known as the Choir of Knives.These two novellas will fill in the backstory of the Bastards and allow fans to revisit the pleasures of the banter and antics of Caldo, Galdo and Bug as well discover how Locke and Jean forged their gang.They will also serve as an excellent introduction to Locke and his world for new readers.And because these are novellas by Scott Lynch they will also provide 100,000 words full of devious con-work, high adventure, razor sharp dialogue and rich atmopshere.
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- Assassins
- Fiction, fantasy, general
- Crime, fiction
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ISBN 9780575082113 · Gollancz