Finalist for the David Gemmell Morningstar Award 2012 (Best Fantasy Debut)
Reminds me of Brent Weeks's Night Angel series.
There's magic, thievery, spies, thief cant, assassins, death, street fights, torture, and a sense of honor.
Drothe was a really likable main character, and I was really rooting for him as he got himself into some awful scrapes. That's important, because we start the book with him in a not-very-likable situation and he makes some choices along the way that don't seem great.
So, what makes him likable? His friendship with (Bronze) Degan is important, I think. His care for Eppyris and Cosima and the girls is, too. And, that sense of honor. He makes some hard choices. He watches out for himself, but it's not self above all else.
Looking forward to book #2!
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