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Turner received her BA with honors in English language and literature from the University of Chicago in 1987. [2] Before becoming an author, she worked as a children's book buyer for bookstores in Chicago and Washington D.C. [3] Career [ edit ] Whether you’ve been waiting three years (since the most recent book’s publication) or nearly twenty-five for the conclusion to what The Thief started, we’ve come a long way. If you have not had the time to cram a speed-reread in, we’ve got you covered with a series primer so you’ll be all caught up for Return of The Thief. Trust me. Just read it. Then read it again, because it will not be the same river twice.”—Lois McMaster Bujold, acclaimed and Hugo Award-winning author of the Vorkosigan Saga, the Chalion Series, and the Sharing Knife series Obviously the aforementioned Hamiathes’ Gift reveal in The Thief, but I’m also super interested in seeing how Gen’s fight with the Attolian guard plays out. Hegoes into something of a fugue state while fighting, with the book cutting away from the action and only hinting (through the others’ impressed/horrified reactions) at the damage the skilled Thief dealt via the swordplay he so hates.But then, four years later, Turner followed up The Thief with The Queen of Attolia, by laying low her beloved protagonist in the most devastating way. Attolia: Sounis’s main rival in size and power, Attola is ruled by a queen and is inaccessible by land—except through the Eddisian path.
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Home at Last: Gen wakes in his own bed and listens as the magus relays their adventures to Eddis’s Queen and Minister of War—Gen’s cousin and father. Gen learns that he has been unconscious for several days and that, in the meantime, the queen of Attolia, having recognized Gen in her prison, sent a veiled threat, while the king of Sounis sent four emissaries. The emissaries were sent to prevent a war and to plead for the safe return of Sounis’s magus and heir—Sophos, the childless king’s nephew. Pol: A soldier and the expedition’s protection. As the captain of Sophos’s father’s guard, even the magus treats Pol with respect.
Megan Whalen Turner - Short Stories". meganwhalenturner.org. Archived from the original on 2014-04-05 . Retrieved 2014-01-25. On the Road: Gen and the magus leave the next morning with three traveling companions: Ambiades, Sophos, and Pol. On the road for the next few days, Gen learns more about his troupe: Ambiades is good at riding and swordsmanship, but wants to put Gen in his place; Sophos is the son of the duke and book smart, but lousy at most other things; and the magus can be provoked into making serious threats. Also, Gen complains about wanting more food. James Davis Nicoll Five SF Visions of Society Free From Rules, Regulations, or Effective Government 30 seconds ago As Costis watches Eugenides in his public and private moments, he witnesses the king of Attolia incredibly survive an assassination attempt; counsel his wife not to execute the few men she still trusts for perceived betrayals or failures to protect her; ruin the house of Baron Erondites by sentencing his son Sejanus for sabotage and exiling Dite to protect him, in a mere 98 days; and reveal the greatest secret of all, that he and his wife actually do love one another. In that love, Eugenides spares both Teleus, captain of the Guard, and Relius, Attolia’s spymaster; while both expect their queen to be characteristically merciless, Eugenides knows that if she keeps giving away pieces of her heart out of the obligation to be a cruel ruler, eventually she will have no heart, and the entire nation will suffer. Mythology: Attolia’s maid Phresine tells Eugenides and Costis about Klimun, the king who was warned by the gods not to lie by moonlight. When he is tempted to do so, only the actions of his slave-turned-friend stops him; though he perceives it as a failure, the goddess judges that he must be a good man, to have a friend who will look out for him so well.
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In addition to its charismatic hero, this story possesses one of the most valuable treasures of all—a twinkling jewel of a surprise ending." — Publishers Weekly (starred review) Mythology: While Sophos’ stories are all epic poetry written by mortals, he does dream of the goddess Moira, who tutors him in what turns out to be Attolia’s library. Eddis, in turn, watches him in these dreams, which is how she knew he was alive. The group travels east into Eddis and then Attolia. The magus eventually reveal that he is searching for Hamiathes's Gift, which he hopes to use to convince the queen of Eddis to marry the king of Sounis. He believes that the Gift is hidden in a secret, nearly inaccessible temple hidden by the Aracthus river. Gen spends three nights searching the temple, and eventually realizes that there is a hidden room behind a wall of Hephestial glass. In the hidden room, the Old Gods appear before Gen, and he takes the Gift from the Great Goddess Hephestia. In addition to its charismatic hero, this story possesses one of the most valuable treasures of all—a twinkling jewel of a surprise ending." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)A young thief named Eugenides is released from prison by the magus of Sounis, a scholar and one of the king's top advisors. The magus finds Gen filthy, uncouth, and insolent, but he needs Gen’s skills as a thief for a secret mission. Without telling Gen where they are going, he takes him out of the city. They are joined by the magus’s two apprentices, Sophos and Ambiades, and by a soldier named Pol. Storytime, Pt. II: The magus asks Gen to tell the story of his namesake. Eugenides was a gift from the Earth to a childless woodcutter and his wife, and the Earth brought Eugenides gifts of her own as he grows. Jealous, the Sky tried to kill Eugenides, so the Earth turned on humans who worshipped the sky. Their eldest child, the Great Goddess Hephestia, intervened and brokered a truce, which is why humans turn to her in times of need.
Thief Series Before What You Need to Know About The Queen’s Thief Series Before
The Thief is a novel by Megan Whalen Turner. It is the first in the Queen's Thief series, and was originally published on October 1st, 1996 in the United States.The present that Sounis initially receives is the single gun from Attolia, inscribed with a message that translates to “the queen made me.” It’s the ruthless, violent decision, one that Sophos hopes to avoid by opening the false bottom of the gun case to discover an alternate solution—but when he does, he discovers a second gun, this one engraved with “I make the king.” The message being: There is no other way to convince Sounis’ barons than through violence.
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