Theft of Swords (The Riyria Revelations, #1-2)

author: Michael J. Sullivan
name: Wayne
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2011
rating: 4
read at: 2019/05/05
date added: 2019/05/05
shelves: sword-and-laser
review:
'Theft of Swords' by Michael J. Sullivan was the current pick for my online book club. When I initially was presented this pick, I kind of prejudged the book based on the size and my perception of the story. I was pleasantly surprised.

Royce and Hadrian are a couple of professional thieves. Their jobs include stealing letters to protect reputations, but they will do any job if the price is right. When a job to steal a sword pays a lot of money, it seems to be too good to be true. It is. This puts them on the run and assembling a motley crew of characters including a cloistered monk and a handless wizard.

In the second adventure, a young, poor girl convinces them to kill a monster terrorizing her village. To kill the monster, they will need to steal a sword from a seemingly impossible to get to tower.

These stories are pretty by the book. They even reminded me a bit of Fritz Lieber's Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser stories, even though the author swears he hasn't read them. The humor is good. The traps are diabolical. The pages seemed to fly by. I liked it.


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