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The Thief

Queen's Thief (Book 1)

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What to expect

Discover the world of the Queen's Thief in this timeless and highly acclaimed award-winning fantasy classic, The Thief.

'Megan Whalen Turner is one of my all-time favorite writers . . . impossible to put down' Holly Black, New York Times bestselling author of The Cruel Prince

Eugenides, the queen's thief, can steal anything - or so he says. Then his boasting lands him in the king's prison, and his chances of escape look slim.

So when the king's magus invites him on a seemingly impossible quest to steal a legendary object and win back his freedom, Gen in no position to refuse.

The magus has plans for his king and his country. Gen has plans of his own . . .

Praise for Megan Whalen Turner

'The Queen's Thief books awe and inspire me' Laini Taylor, New York Times-bestselling author of the Daughter of Smoke and Bone novels and Strange the Dreamer

'Megan Whalen Turner writes vivid, immersive, heartbreaking fantasy' Leigh Bardugo, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom

'Endlessly entertaining, deeply deceptive, and very, very clever' Garth Nix, New York Times-bestselling and award-winning author of the Old Kingdom, Keys to the Kingdom, and Seventh Tower series

'Romance, intrigue, mystery, surprises, and sheer beautiful writing' Cassandra Clare, award-winning and New York Times-bestselling author of The Mortal Instruments and Lady Midnight

'The world Turner creates is so tangible that not only do I believe in its characters, I almost believe in its gods' Kristin Cashore, award-winning and New York Times-bestselling author of the Graceling Realm series

(P) 2022 Hodder & Stoughton Limited

Critics Review

** Praise for Megan Whalen Turner **
The Queen's Thief books awe and inspire me. They have the feel of a secret, discovered history of real but forgotten lands. The plot-craft is peerless, the revelations stunning, and the characters flawed, cunning, heartbreaking, exceptional
Laini Taylor, New York Times-bestselling author of the Daughter of Smoke and Bone novels and Strange the Dreamer
Megan Whalen Turner writes vivid, immersive, heartbreaking fantasy that will leave you desperate to return to Attolia again and again
Leigh Bardugo, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom
Megan Whalen Turner's Queen's Thief books are like the characters she creates: endlessly entertaining, deeply deceptive, and very, very clever
Garth Nix, New York Times-bestselling and award-winning author of the Old Kingdom, Keys to the Kingdom, and Seventh Tower series
Romance, intrigue, mystery, surprises, and sheer beautiful writing
Cassandra Clare, award-winning and New York Times-bestselling author of The Mortal Instruments and Lady Midnight
Megan Whalen Turner is one of my all-time favorite writers . . . impossible to put down
Holly Black, award-winning and New York Times-bestselling author of The Cruel Prince
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
The world Turner creates is so tangible that not only do I believe in its characters, I almost believe in its gods
Kristin Cashore, award-winning and New York Times-bestselling author of the Graceling Realm series
A welcome return for a classic, vivid, and immersive fantasy. A novel of intrigue, suspense, adventure, and plenty of surprise
Armadillo Magazine
Mentioned in the '12 Books to Help You Love Reading Again'
The Atlantic
Christmas gift guide: 'Immersive and timeless'
Culturefly
An extremely entertaining adventure story, woven throughout with magical elements that are wholly in keeping with the setting. She has a natural storyteller's style, and recounts the myths with rhythm and subtlety, bringing her skilfully woven alternative history vividly to life
Crime Review
Author Megan Whalen Turner
Narrator Owen Findlay
Series Queen's Thief
Duration 6 hours and 44 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781529387612
Format Audiobook
Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
Genre Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy, Epic fantasy / heroic fantasy
Availability AU, GB, IE

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