5/19/2023 0 Comments Among Thieves by Douglas Hulick![]() The worldbuilding gets first pride of place. ![]() Scott Lynch helped reboot a few years ago. There is a lot to like in Among Thieves, things that would commend it to you out of the growing subgenre of books with roguish characters and pointed swordplay that Mr. A book falls into his hands, a book that a fair number of powerful people want, at any cost.Īmong Thieves is the debut sword and sorcery novel from Douglas Hulick. And being an information gatherer, and not the best blade, might not be enough to keep him from being perforated, as the stakes of what really is going on in Ildrecca slowly become clear. When the search for an artifact he is itching after dovetails into doings in a key section of the city where Nicco’s men are being harassed, Drothe finds himself quickly in over his head. On the side, Drothe likes to track down Imperial artifacts as a hobby. It’s a decent life, one that Drothe has developed over years as one of the Kin. In a city of thieves, his role is as an information gatherer and curator for his employer, a roughhewn boxer of an Upright Man (think mob boss) called Nicco. ![]()
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