![]() These stories at first feel less like high fantasy and more like, as Laini Taylor says, “a secret, discovered history of real but forgotten lands.” There are resemblances to the landscape and culture of Ancient Greece, “if a civilization like theirs had developed another thousand years without the rise of monotheism,” as Megan Whalen Turner wrote in her note at the end of The Thief. Thus begins a twisting adventure, told in Gen’s wry, wily, cranky voice.Īnd that is only the beginning! There are six books, a grand series told over twenty years in our time, but only a few years (I think) in the world of the book. But the king’s scholarly advisor, the magus, has plans to use Gen as a tool for the king’s advantage. An audacious theft lands him chained in the king’s prison. Gen, who is hardly more than a boy, brags he can steal anything. I managed to forget most of what I read on The Queen of Attolia’s cover, and as soon as I started The Thief, I was captivated. And it turned out she was right in every way. In fact, try to forget what you read on that cover.” I had a fun conversation with her. A young woman, not much older than a young adult herself, said, “That’s a great series! But don’t start with that book. I was a volunteer shelving in the Young Adult area of our local library, my favorite section, and was looking over The Queen of Attolia the cover and title intrigued me. ![]() I fell in love with Gen the Thief nearly twenty years ago. ![]()
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