{"product_id":"the-blacktongue-thief-1","title":"The Blacktongue Thief","description":"Review\n\nThe Blacktongue Thief is a delight from start to finish. What begins as a sidekick's view of the hero's journey soon blossoms into a finely crafted and highly entertaining ride through a world as monstrous as it is wondrous. Christopher Buehlman takes the well-worn tropes of fantasy and weaves them into a new and vibrant tapestry ― Anthony Ryan, New York Times bestselling author of Blood Song\n\nThe Blacktongue Thief announces a remarkable new voice to the genre. It's fast and fun and filled with crazy magic balanced by tight characterization. I can't wait to see what Christopher Buehlman does next ― Brent Weeks, New York Times bestselling author of The Black Prism\n\nWow! Truly outstanding. I can't say enough about how good The Blacktongue Thief is. Damned good stuff ― Glen Cook, author of The Black Company\n\nThe Blacktongue Thief is equal parts fairy tale, D\u0026amp;D adventure, and acid trip. Buehlman has successfully blended the essences of these elements into something at once familiar and fresh. I look forward to returning to this evocative and f*cked up world! ― Jonathan French, author of The Grey Bastards\n\nThe Blacktongue Thief is a masterclass in voice and thoughtful world design, with a wonderful cast and a protagonist who grabs you instantly. Fans of Lynch's The Lies of Locke Lamora will love this one ― Django Wexler, author of The Thousand Names\n\nBuehlman's prose floats nimbly from grisly to lyrical and back again, evoking a damaged world that's by turns bleak and starkly beautiful. A fantastical road trip with a hard-boiled sensibility, complete with shape-shifting assassins, murderous kraken and some delightfully gruesome magic ― A. K. Larkwood, author of The Unspoken Name\n\nInstantly immersive, with wit as sharp as a thief's blade ― David Dalglish, author of the Shadowdance series\n\nDark, gritty, lightning-fast, intelligent, irreverent . . . I loved it ― Anna Smith Spark, author of The Court of Broken Knives\n\nI fell in love with Kinch on page one. He's a hilarious narrator and I was also touched by his sensitivity. Christopher's world building is unique, precise, and masterfully woven into a page-turning story. I couldn't put it down! A joyfully mischievous adventure, but also tragic and so heartfelt. Fans of Nicholas Eames and Joe Abercrombie will love The BlacktongueThief ― Brian Naslund, author of Blood of an Exile\n\nLyrical and visceral... Prepare to be transported ― Andrew Pyper, author of The Demonologist\n\nTHE BLACKTONGUE THIEF is my kind of book. Chock-full of wry wit, foul language, and characters who arrive on the page with savage, sordid pasts hot on their heels. Often humorous, occasionally horrifying, and sometimes incredibly poignant, I loved every single page of this book. Every sentence, even. It's that good. ― Nicholas Eames, author of Kings of the Wyld\n\nThis is an extraordinary debut. It has all the trappings of a traditional quest - the motley band of adventurers, the history and songs, magic and monsters - but told in the snarky, self-aware voice of first-person urban fantasy. It's salty and funny and vivid as a bruise, a rollicking adventure with a cast (and a cat) you won't forget. ― Elspeth Cooper, author of SONGS OF THE EARTH\n\nFast-paced and action-packed, funny and adventurous - great fantasy fun. ― Edward Cox, author of The Song of the Sycamore\n\nRefreshingly original but reassuringly familiar, The Blacktongue Thief's cutthroat voice and deliciously dark world is sure to delight, shock and thrill ― Jeremy Szal, author of Stormblood\n\nThe Blacktongue Thief delivers an engaging narrator, a dazzling array of magic and dangers, and a succession of twists and turns that will keep the reader guessing. Book one of a trilogy that reads as a satisfying stand-alone ― Robin Hobb\n\nPacked full of magic, mayhem, and mischief, Buehlman's world and characters are artfully rendered ― Publishers Weekly\n\n\nProduct Description\n\nKinch Na Shannack owes the Takers Guild a small fortune for his education as a thief, which","brand":"smeikalbooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40391211483221,"sku":"9781473231177N","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/products\/5d6efea4-8aaf-4359-b4af-146e37402756.jpg?v=1666602548","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/the-blacktongue-thief-1","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}