THE THIEF-TAKER'S APPRENTICE by Stephen Deas ( 9780575094499 )

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Title:

THE THIEF-TAKER'S APPRENTICE

By:

Stephen Deas

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0575094494

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9780575094499

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Publisher:

ORION PUBLISHING CO

Pub. date:

7 April, 2011

Pages:

288

Description:

A teenage thief becomes a teenage assassin and must live with the consequences.

Synopsis:

Berren has lived in the city all his life. He has made his way as a thief, paying a little of what he earns to the Fagin like master of their band. But there is a twist to this tale of a thief. One day Berren goes to watch an execution of three thieves. He watches as the thief-taker takes his reward and decides to try and steal the prize. He fails. The young thief is taken. But the thief-taker spots something in Berren. And the boy reminds him of someone as well. Berren becomes his apprentice.And is introduced to a world of shadows, deceit and corruption behind the streets he thought he knew.Full of richly observed life in a teeming fantasy city, a hectic progression of fights, flights and fancies and charting the fall of a boy into the dark world of political plotting and murder this marks the beginning of a new fantasy series for all lovers of fantasy - from fans of Kristin Cashore to Brent Weeks.

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Gollancz

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