Red Seas Under Red Skies: The Gentleman Bastard Sequence, Book Two

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My mother was a saint,” said Jean. But when Lamora jeopardises their stay at Brass Coves by robbing the governor in a very Lamoran fashion, well... they had to run again. “That’s a sweet piece,” said Jean, briefly forgetting to be aggravated. As Chains had once said, feeling like you wanted desperately to die was fine evidence that you had yet to do so.” Difficult. “Difficult” and “impossible” are cousins often mistaken for one another, with very little in common.’

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Worst of all, the inner vault is guarded by a live dragon, attended by fifty naked women armed with poisoned spears, each of them sworn to die in Requin's service. All redheads. The whole setting of the book took place in a completely different place than its predecessor, this time taking place in the island city of Tal Verrar and the Sea of Brass. Although I miss the city of Camorr for its beauty and resemblance with Venice, I do think that Tal Verrar and Sea of Brass gave the necessary new atmosphere to the book and series as a whole. I'd recommend this to all fantasy lovers 15+. I also think this series would be a great introduction for someone wanting to read adult fantasy. urn:lcp:redseasunderreds0000lync_k9d8:lcpdf:2b5c469c-349e-479a-9aa4-d78ebe78b4ab Foldoutcount 0 Identifier redseasunderreds0000lync_k9d8 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/s27z9wwcnf2 Invoice 1652 Isbn 9780553804683 I'm probably going to receive a lot of hate for this rating, but I'm just being honest here. I'm bold enough to give this a 3, because that's the highest it can go. The novel is not bad, but it's also not phenomenal.Look for us in history books and you’ll find us in the margins. Look for us in legends, and you might just find us celebrated.” And I miss them,” he said, his voice nearly a whisper. “Gods, I miss them. It’s my fault they’re dead. I can’t… I can’t stand it –“

Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch: 9780553588958

That's why, in my opinion, shifting gears from first book to second book is THE most difficult part of being a new writer. The story here is seriously off the charts good! The plot just blew me away (again) how thrilling and captivating plot that kept me on the edge of my seat. The complex, multilayered narrative showcases his amazing storytelling skills, complete with jaw-dropping twists that had me reeling. Just so so good. Honestly, it's the twists that make this book an absolute rollercoaster of a read, and I just couldn't get enough. Because of this constant double guessing of where things are heading, you get this great building anticipation throughout the book. The whole way I was left wondering how on earth he'd tie everything together in the end. Then BOOM, he just lays it all out for you in the final few chapters. My only quibble was that the ending felt a tiny bit rushed, which maybe made the payoff not quite as satisfying as I'd hoped for. Gallardine asks Jean how much he knows about Selendri. Jean says that he knows that she is the only person Requin keeps close to him. Gallardine says that there was a time when Requin would hold huge costume parties at the Sinspire and that Requin’s dress was always the finest. Then, one day, an assassin dusted the inside of Requin’s costume with some very dark alchemical powder that needed little more than sweat and warmth to bring it to life, but that day Selendri wore the costume. After half an hour Selendri started to scream and kept screaming until her voice broke. Only half the costume was dusted with the powder – a cruel joke – and on the half that was dusted her skin boiled like tar. No one but Requin had the courage to touch her – he did his best for her and even though his own hands were burnt doing so (why he wears gloves) he managed to save her. Requin offered 1,000 solari, no questions asked, to the man who could give him the name of the assassin. Requin wasn’t quite as feared then as he is now and so got no answer, for this assassin was not one to be messed with. The next day he offered 5,000 solari, but still no one came forward. The third night he offered 10,000, the fourth 20,000 and still no one spoke. The fifth night Requin lost patience and began killing a single member of the underworld by peeling their skin off on the left side. It is totally silent, totally professional and anyone could be next. When people beg Requin to stop he tells them to find the assassin and he will. No one does, though, and so he begins to kill two people a night and now begins to kill innocent family members too. The city gets worked up into a frenzy and everyone is after the assassin. When they finally find him, Requin puts the man in setting concrete, allowing only his left side to be covered by it. Once it sets, Requin puts the man down in his vault and feeds him nothing more than a little bit of food. The man is unable to move and dies slowly down in the vault. urn:lcp:redseasunderreds0000lync:epub:c77cf6de-eb2a-4bdb-8924-ee10604ff953 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier redseasunderreds0000lync Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t8jf7k62s Invoice 1652 Isbn 9780553804683 On top of that, a lot of people want nothing more than for you to write your first book over again… because that's what they know and love. But you *can't* do that, because you only get one beginning.Red Seas Under Red Skiesfirmly proves that Scott Lynch isn’t a one-hit wonder. . . . It’ll only be a matter of time before Scott Lynch is mentioned in the same breath as George R. R. Martin and Steven Erikson.” — Fantasy Book Critic We may need to ready ourselves to repel boarders.” “With what? One stiletto and hurtful insinuations about their mothers?” its masterfully chaotic - so many subplots, so many characters (yay for more women!), so much world-building. theres never a dull moment. Note: there is no false light on Tel Verrar because the Elderglass doesn’t reflect the setting sun like it does in Camorr. Fans of lavishly appointed fantasy will be in seventh heaven here, but it will be nearly as popular with readers of literary crime fiction. This is a true genre bender, at home on almost any kind of fiction shelf. Expect it to be among the year's most impressive debuts."