The Lies of Locke Lamora

"Fresh, original, extremely entertaining - and beautifully executed" (George Martin).
Once, the Thief Mentor came to Father Chains, the Eyeless priest of the temple of Perelandro, to dispose of the insufferable boy Locke Lamora. For Lamora, although a born thief, was truly unbearable, and for his exceptional talents, the city-state of Camorr - cut by dozens of canals, sprawling across multiple islands beneath the shadows of the giant glass towers of the Ancients - might prove too small. Over the years, Locke and his Noble Scoundrels get away with much, even violating the Secret Covenant that regulates the lives of the Most Honorable people of Camorr, but then the criminal underworld is shaken by the arrival of the Gray King - a ruthless, invisible, and invulnerable assassin, who makes his own adjustments to Locke's latest brilliant con...