Locke agrees in return for The Gray King’s silence about the con business. So The Gray King wants Locke to pretend to be him at a meeting with Capa Barsavi for reasons that he doesn’t feel like revealing right now. He has brought a Bondsmage called The Falconer with him and they scare Locke because the Bondsmage is freakin’ creepy like his bird. Meanwhile, the Gray King has been killing Capa Barsavi’s (head of the criminal underground who takes a cut from everyone) men.Locke then pretends to be a Midnighter and “warns” Salvara about Lukas being the Thorn of Camorr, but he tells Salvara that he should still give Lukas money. Locke pretends to be someone called Lukas and makes up a story about booze to get Salvara to give him money.

At the start of the book they’re about to start a con on Don Salvara.

The Gentleman Bastards are pretty freakin’ rich because they con everyone.

Their group is called the Gentleman Bastards. They have a sweet little apprentice called Bug and Sabetha is still nowhere to be seen.

Chains dies off-“screen” and Locke now runs the gang in present day.

He joins Chains’ group which consists of Jean (Locke’s true love, imo), Sabetha (who doesn’t actually appear in the book), and the twins Calo and Galdo. It starts with Locke as a child joining a band of petty thieves, and eventually he is recruited by an awesome thief person called Chains who pretends to be a blind priest in order for people to give him money.

The book is told in both flashbacks and present day stuff.

Ongoing mysteries: Who the fuck is Sabetha what happened in The Lies of Locke Lamora? Caught up in a murderous game, Locke and his friends are suddenly struggling just to stay alive. But now a clandestine war is threatening to tear it apart.

The capricious, colourful underworld of the ancient city of Camorr is the only home they have ever known. All of Locke's gains are strictly for himself and his tight-knit band of thieves. And while Locke does indeed steal from the rich (who else would be worth stealing from?), the poor never see a penny. Slightly built and barely competent with a sword, Locke Lamora is, much to his annoyance, the fabled Thorn. Add it: Goodreads Goodreads Summary: The Thorn of Camorr is said to be an unbeatable swordsman, a master thief, a friend to the poor, a ghost that walks through walls.

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