I find his voice very easy to listen to and he makes the characters feel so real. It is just the story of Locke and his friends and their (mis)adventures and it is brilliant. There is no dark lord rising, no coming apocalypse, no village boy who finds out he has magic powers and must save the world. I especially loved the fresh approach the author took compared to traditional fantasy writing. The story just grabs you in from the first moment. If like me, you read a review by someone who has also rated /raved about a book you feel similiarly about, that you then trawl through their other reviews to get ideas for other possible listens.and if your taste is similar to mine, then have a go at this series too (it makes a lighter, yet still enjoyable, alternative to the heavier Sanderson/Rothfuss/Brett epics). By the time one gets to the third book in the series though, there are quite a few open questions about who Locke really is.I may just have to start at the beginning again in order to identify new clues. Each could stand alone, but each ends with the prospect of new adventure. This is a fun series - all three books that have been released so far are easy going, enjoyable, escapist listens. I typically don't bother reviewing books that already have many reviews, and to be honest I have nothing particularly new to add.so rather, I'll review this book with reference to the full series. Window._translations = JSON.I've just realised that I havn't reviewed this series. With a bloody coup under way threatening to destroy everyone and everything that holds meaning in his mercenary life, Locke vows to beat the Gray King at his own brutal game-or die trying. Known as the Gray King, he is slowly killing Capa Barsavi's most trusted men-and using Locke as a pawn in his plot to take control of Camorr's underworld. But there is someone in the shadows more powerful-and more ambitious-than Locke has yet imagined. Passing themselves off as petty thieves, the brilliant Locke and his tightly knit band of light-fingered brothers have fooled even the criminal underworld's most feared ruler, Capa Barsavi. Soon he is infamous as the Thorn of Camorr, and no wealthy noble is safe from his sting.

Under his tutelage, Locke grows to lead the Bastards, delightedly pulling off one outrageous confidence game after another. A con artist of extraordinary talent, Chains passes his skills on to his carefully selected 'family' of orphans-a group known as the Gentlemen Bastards.

But born with a quick wit and a gift for thieving, Locke Lamora has dodged both death and slavery, only to fall into the hands of an eyeless priest known as Chains-a man who is neither blind nor a priest. An orphan's life is harsh-and often short-in the island city of Camorr, built on the ruins of a mysterious alien race.

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