Red Seas Under Red Skies
by: Scott Lynch
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Locke Lamora, the erstwhile Thorn of Camorr, and Jean Tannen have fled their home city and the wreckage of their lives. But they can't run forever, and after escaping Camorr they decide to head for the richest and most difficult target on the horizon-- the city-state of Tal Verrar. And the Sinspire.
The Sinspire is the ultimate gambling house . . . exclusive, luxurious, and fiendishly guarded. No thief has ever survived an attempt to rob it. Naturally, Locke plans to take it for a fortune, in his biggest gamble yet.
But this perfect crime may have to wait.
Someone else in Tal Verrar wants the Gentlemen Bastardsexpertise, and they're not gentle in compelling Locke and Jean to devote their talents to an even more unlikely and suicidal proposition-- masquerading as pirates on the high seas. Fine work for a pair of landlubbing thieves barely able to tell one end of a ship from the other!
Locke and Jean find their abiding friendship tested to its very limits in this strange new world of lurching wooden decks, brutal ship-to-ship action, and feuding pirate captains. But not even their sojourn as buccaneers can keep the Gentlemen Bastards from their much-desired reckoning with all the powers that have conspired to interrupt their lives, including the last people in the world any sane person would want to offend... the Bondsmagi of Karthain.
Red Seas Under Red Skies will be illustrated with a full color cover, and four full page illustrations (one exclusive to the lettered) by Edward Miller.
Locke Lamora, the erstwhile Thorn of Camorr, and Jean Tannen have fled their home city and the wreckage of their lives. But they can't run forever, and after escaping Camorr they decide to head for the richest and most difficult target on the horizon-- the city-state of Tal Verrar. And the Sinspire.
The Sinspire is the ultimate gambling house . . . exclusive, luxurious, and fiendishly guarded. No thief has ever survived an attempt to rob it. Naturally, Locke plans to take it for a fortune, in his biggest gamble yet.
But this perfect crime may have to wait.
Someone else in Tal Verrar wants the Gentlemen Bastardsexpertise, and they're not gentle in compelling Locke and Jean to devote their talents to an even more unlikely and suicidal proposition-- masquerading as pirates on the high seas. Fine work for a pair of landlubbing thieves barely able to tell one end of a ship from the other!
Locke and Jean find their abiding friendship tested to its very limits in this strange new world of lurching wooden decks, brutal ship-to-ship action, and feuding pirate captains. But not even their sojourn as buccaneers can keep the Gentlemen Bastards from their much-desired reckoning with all the powers that have conspired to interrupt their lives, including the last people in the world any sane person would want to offend... the Bondsmagi of Karthain.
Red Seas Under Red Skies will be illustrated with a full color cover, and four full page illustrations (one exclusive to the lettered) by Edward Miller.
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Rating: 
- A near miss
_The Lies of Locke Lamora_ read like an enjoyable cross between Fritz Leiber's Lankhmar and early Steven Brust--a Baroque fantasy noir crime caper. The sequel starts out in the same territory, but midway through it takes a sudden left turn into Pirates of Not Exactly the Caribbean. The pirate scenes are entertaining, but they often seem to have sailed in from a different book.
The intent may be to obfuscate the fact that, otherwise, the main characters' original plot could have been ... Read More
Rating: 
- "Red Seas" Under "The Lies"
The only problem with a masterpiece like "The Lies of Locke Lamora" is that you can never tell whether the sequel is going to be a worthy successor or not.In this case, the answer is 'sort of'."Lies" succeeded because it worked on two levels.On the one hand, it was a daring caper flick (on paper) about a gang of thieves who manage to sucker-punch the idle rich against all odds.On the other hand, it was a literary exploration of young people crash against the harsh reality of their own world. ... Read More
Rating: - Plenty of Problems...But Still A Good Read
I know there are numerous problems with this book; the pacing (oh god-the pacing!), the inconsistencies in all the characters, the ridiculous holes in the plot, the two dimensional secondary characters, the wonky, ill-conceived flashbacks - need I go on?
All that said, I drug this book around with me everywhere and couldn't put it down. I love Locke and Jean and can't get enough of them.I can't wait for The Republic of Thieves (GollanczF.). And yes, I know I'm a hypocrite, I would rant about ... Read More
Rating: 
- Terrible . . .
I cannot believe that the same man wrote this and the book that preceded it.This book drags on and on.Jean and Locke and never in any peril.The storyline is convuluted and the characters routinely escape difficult situations through luck, which makes the whole thing unbelievable.There are multiple storylines, but the interesting ones are abruptly dropped midstory.The ending feels rushed, while the main story seems to continue on and on.
I read some of the bad reviews and wouldn't ... Read More
Rating: 
- rushed ending; no suspense
The ending seemed rush, with new characters popping out of nowhere at the last minute. The plot was overambitious. The schemes that they pulled off were unbelievable, they were too lucky to believe. Also, it became clear that Jean & Locke weren't gonna die...there's no suspense if they keep ending up in near-death situations & miraculously escape them everytime. And yeah, Lynch really bored me with every page at sea. I liked the first one though.
- A near miss_The Lies of Locke Lamora_ read like an enjoyable cross between Fritz Leiber's Lankhmar and early Steven Brust--a Baroque fantasy noir crime caper. The sequel starts out in the same territory, but midway through it takes a sudden left turn into Pirates of Not Exactly the Caribbean. The pirate scenes are entertaining, but they often seem to have sailed in from a different book.
The intent may be to obfuscate the fact that, otherwise, the main characters' original plot could have been ... Read More
- "Red Seas" Under "The Lies"The only problem with a masterpiece like "The Lies of Locke Lamora" is that you can never tell whether the sequel is going to be a worthy successor or not.In this case, the answer is 'sort of'."Lies" succeeded because it worked on two levels.On the one hand, it was a daring caper flick (on paper) about a gang of thieves who manage to sucker-punch the idle rich against all odds.On the other hand, it was a literary exploration of young people crash against the harsh reality of their own world. ... Read More
- Plenty of Problems...But Still A Good ReadI know there are numerous problems with this book; the pacing (oh god-the pacing!), the inconsistencies in all the characters, the ridiculous holes in the plot, the two dimensional secondary characters, the wonky, ill-conceived flashbacks - need I go on?
All that said, I drug this book around with me everywhere and couldn't put it down. I love Locke and Jean and can't get enough of them.I can't wait for The Republic of Thieves (GollanczF.). And yes, I know I'm a hypocrite, I would rant about ... Read More
- Terrible . . .I cannot believe that the same man wrote this and the book that preceded it.This book drags on and on.Jean and Locke and never in any peril.The storyline is convuluted and the characters routinely escape difficult situations through luck, which makes the whole thing unbelievable.There are multiple storylines, but the interesting ones are abruptly dropped midstory.The ending feels rushed, while the main story seems to continue on and on.
I read some of the bad reviews and wouldn't ... Read More
- rushed ending; no suspenseThe ending seemed rush, with new characters popping out of nowhere at the last minute. The plot was overambitious. The schemes that they pulled off were unbelievable, they were too lucky to believe. Also, it became clear that Jean & Locke weren't gonna die...there's no suspense if they keep ending up in near-death situations & miraculously escape them everytime. And yeah, Lynch really bored me with every page at sea. I liked the first one though.
