In addition to our main duo, the supporting cast is just as well-developed and compelling. From the cunning and ruthless Archon of Tal Verrar to the fiercely loyal and determined pirate captain, Zamira Drakasha, every character in this novel feels alive and important to the story. The complex relationships and loyalties at play make for a deeply engaging read that keeps you invested in the fates of each character. The world building is really wonderful with all the alchemical concoctions and such as well as the deadly and cruel games that the nobility of different lands like to play. I will never look at a chess game in quite the same way after this. The buildup took too long to get to in this book and the details were a bit tedious, so that’s why I have to give this 4 stars instead of 5. But overall, a fantastic sequel! Reading with the BB&B group. I have 3 weeks to finish this so I should be okay :P... actually it took me five weeks to read it. I mention all of this because this second time through, I found myself wondering what my problem was the first time. Because honestly, the book is good.

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But someone in Tal Verrar has uncovered the duo’s secret. Someone from their past who has every intention of making the impudent criminals pay for their sins. Now it will take every ounce of cunning to save their mercenary souls. And even that may not be enough.… because we think the gods are saving him up for a really big death. Something with knives and hot irons ..."

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Worst of all, the inner vault is guarded by a live dragon, attended by fifty naked women armed with poisoned spears, each of them sworn to die in Requin's service. All redheads.Thank you for your sentiments. I offer you in exchange this engraved invitation to go piss up a hill, suitable for framing. Again the audiobook version is a MUST HAVE EXPERIENCE! By far the most unique, entertaining audiobook experience I’ve ever had!

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sighs* I adored them so much! They were really damn cute and I found myself grinning when they interacted. Yes, they were that sweet! They were a fine match indeed which made it even sadder that Ezri died while saving them all. That woman was so perfect for Jean, I swear! She gave her life for her friends and family just like Jean would have done. And I think the worst thing about it all is that Jean can’t even be angry at her because if given the chance he would have done exactly the same thing. >_< I’m actually kind of pissed off myself and have an axe to grind with Lynch as well! How dare you to introduce such a great woman just to kill her off again? It’s not fair!! *sniff* I shipped them really hard but I also knew that it wouldn’t last. Truth be told I was afraid Ezri would die the moment Jean really fell for her. It was too good to be true. T_T Kill the Ones You Love: Jean must kill Ezri because she is burned so badly that she is dying in agony What a week it was too! I honestly can’t think of many books which start as excitingly and with as much intrigue as Red Seas Under Red Skies does. Not only that, but there is such a huge variety of emotions you are led through as a reader that really add to the experience too.First, I will pretend that your last sentence makes sense because it will save us all time. Second, now you're pissing me off. Lccn 2007018597 Ocr tesseract 5.0.0-1-g862e Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 0.9857 Ocr_module_version 0.0.15 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA-NS-1200351 Openlibrary_edition Once a Big Lie was let out in the world, it seemed to grow on its own and needed little tending or worry to bend to the situation.” We’re a different sort of thief here, Lamora. Deception and misdirection are our tools. We don’t believe in hard work when a false face and a good line of bullshit can do so much more.” This time, however, they have targeted the grandest prize of all: the Sinspire, the most exclusive and heavily guarded gambling house in the world. Its nine floors attract the wealthiest clientele—and to rise to the top, one must impress with good credit, amusing behavior…and excruciatingly impeccable play. For there is one cardinal rule, enforced by Requin, the house’s cold-blooded master: it is death to cheat at any game at the Sinspire.

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Even the mansions at the top of the Golden Steps, though, are not the finest establishments in Tal Verrar. That title is held by the Sinspire, a 150 foot tall elderglass tower with 9 levels, each circled with alchemical lanterns that light the sky with the colours of Tal Verrar. It is the most well-guarded building on the islands and is open sunset to sunrise for those wealthy enough to enter. Each floor is more luxurious than the next and you must earn access to the next level with good credit, impeccable play and amusing behaviour. Over the years solari upon solari has been spent by the wealthy trying to climb levels and gain the favour of the Sinspire’s Master. Anyone caught cheating will be put to death, whether it is on the steps of the building or quietly a few days later – an accidental fall or overdose, maybe – no one gets away with cheating at the Sinspire. As for history, we are living in its ruins. And as for biographies, we are living with the consequences of all the decisions ever made in them. I tend not to read them for pleasure. It’s not unlike carefully scrutinizing the map when one has already reached the destination.” Two teams of two play Carousel Hazard. At the end of each hand a device at the centre of the table is spun and the losers must drink the two vials that fall from its great store. These vials contain liquor of varying potency – the harshness of which is covered up with fruit juice and oils. The only way a team loses is when they are too drunk to continue. Theoretically, because the rules say that immediate default occurs if a player touches the carousel, it ‘should’ be impossible to cheat.Grand, grandiose, grandiloquent . . . No critic is likely to fault Lynch in his overflowing qualities of inventiveness, audacious draftsmanship, and sympathetic characterization.” — Locus That's not the case in a second book. In a second book, you still have that problem. PLUS you have the problem that some of your readers read the first book two days ago, and some of them read it two years ago. Some of them haven't read it at *all.* Gallardine asks Jean how much he knows about Selendri. Jean says that he knows that she is the only person Requin keeps close to him. Gallardine says that there was a time when Requin would hold huge costume parties at the Sinspire and that Requin’s dress was always the finest. Then, one day, an assassin dusted the inside of Requin’s costume with some very dark alchemical powder that needed little more than sweat and warmth to bring it to life, but that day Selendri wore the costume. After half an hour Selendri started to scream and kept screaming until her voice broke. Only half the costume was dusted with the powder – a cruel joke – and on the half that was dusted her skin boiled like tar. No one but Requin had the courage to touch her – he did his best for her and even though his own hands were burnt doing so (why he wears gloves) he managed to save her. Requin offered 1,000 solari, no questions asked, to the man who could give him the name of the assassin. Requin wasn’t quite as feared then as he is now and so got no answer, for this assassin was not one to be messed with. The next day he offered 5,000 solari, but still no one came forward. The third night he offered 10,000, the fourth 20,000 and still no one spoke. The fifth night Requin lost patience and began killing a single member of the underworld by peeling their skin off on the left side. It is totally silent, totally professional and anyone could be next. When people beg Requin to stop he tells them to find the assassin and he will. No one does, though, and so he begins to kill two people a night and now begins to kill innocent family members too. The city gets worked up into a frenzy and everyone is after the assassin. When they finally find him, Requin puts the man in setting concrete, allowing only his left side to be covered by it. Once it sets, Requin puts the man down in his vault and feeds him nothing more than a little bit of food. The man is unable to move and dies slowly down in the vault. Lccn 2007018597 Ocr tesseract 5.0.0-beta-20210815 Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 0.9537 Ocr_module_version 0.0.13 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA-WL-0000325 Openlibrary_edition