Smorgasbord Fantasia

Cast of Characters (In order of appearance) The Sanzas. Calo : One of Identical Twins. Galdo : The Other of Identical Twins. ( We're still figuring out who is who) The Henchman. Jean: Muscle man/One-man Protection Detail for Locke. The Star-Crossed Lovers. Locke: Con Artist Extraordinaire/Thief/Starry-Eyed Lover Boy. Sabetha: Con Artist Extraordinaire/Red Headed Vixen. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Strobe Lights.... <Twin#1 Enter Left> AND.....we are back from the dead! <Twin#2 Enter Right> That is right. From the stygian depths of Scott Lynch's bottomless heart. We're back. Twin1: Errr...you do him injustice. He's after all our creator and has full creative license to do as he wishes with us. Twin2: Like fuck us sideways with a ramrod and leave for dead with slit throats in Book One and bring us back in Book Three? Twin1: Gotta admit, feels good to be back. Twin2: Can...

I finally hauled myself back to the world of Jean and Locke, the Gentlemen Bastard series. I read their first adventure back in 2009 and was completely blown away by heist artists. A Sword and Heist (I would prefer to call it thus as opposed to sword and sorcery as magic while an underlying theme, never really gets its full due till now) story that gave us two of the best protagonists ever in the fantasy worlds in Locke & Jean, and well, a fantastically memorable setting in the city of Cammorr where the events of the first book play out. There has been much uproar over the delay in the third book in the Gentlemen Bastards series – After the spectacular epic fantasy debut, Locks of Lie Lamora, established Scott Lynch as one of the brightest shining stars in this genre ; he churned out the second blockbuster adventure in that series by the next year with a promise to keep it coming once a year. Now that the third book, Republic of Thieves is out (Oh well, if you im...

This has definitely been one of the most enjoyable books I have read in the recent times. When I say enjoyable, don’t be mistaken that I don’t enjoy the rest of the gems thrown up in this hunt to uncover good books being published out there.   But this one takes the cake in the recent times! Hands-down winner (A happy “cat-that-swallowed-the-canary” smile stretching from infinity to infinity!) Mr.   Scott Lynch – I am a FAN. A big one. The size of a drop of Jupiter.   In Lock Lamora, Lynch has given us a hero whom you would root for, come rain, come sun, come hell highwater. One of the cheekiest bastards with a knack for getting away from impossible situations, a Venetian robin hood with a conscience and heart of gold, a con-man par excellence, Lock Lamora cannot be straight-jacketed into any “typical” categories of “heroes”. He’s pure spun silk. One that slips past your heart trenches and firmly gets lodged right in the deep most holds of your hearts. When the tempo ...