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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.
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Megan Whalen Turner - Short Stories". meganwhalenturner.org. Archived from the original on 2014-04-05 . Retrieved 2014-01-25. Series Moment: There are so many in this book! The biggest ones are from Costis’ perspective, as his view of the king becomes the readers’ (despite the information we already know), and so it almost seems as if Eugenides and Attolia do not actually love one another. Then Eugenides almost gets killed, and the kiss they share is so charged and romantic, that the reader realizes they have always been like this, they’re just incredibly private—and very careful about who they invite into that confidence. 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) While Kamet initially plans to ditch Costis at the earliest possible point, they slowly form a friendship as equals, each overcoming his biases about the other’s homeland and culture, that gives Kamet pause. By the time they arrive in Attolia, where he assumes the best possible fate is a humble living as a street-corner scribe, he is instead stunned to learn that he is no hostage or exile, but an honored guest of Attolis and Attolia. Despite the king and queen grieving their recently-miscarried child, they welcome him to Attolia for his expertise on the Mede empire, so that they can turn away yet another ambassador, Melheret, and be ready for the eventual invasion.
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Who Eugenides will be by the end of the series is anyone’s guess. He never stopped being the Thief, but he’s also become an epic ruler out of legend without losing any of his cleverness. With the final book titled Return of The Thief, we can only hope for Eugenides to succeed in stealing at least one more surprise. Plus, there is somehow, incredibly, a twist in every single book. Whenever you think you’ve caught on to Turner’s cleverness, she mines a new perspective or practices a new bit of narrative sleight-of-hand. While it seemed as if this series would just continue on into perpetuity, The Queen’s Thief series is coming to a bittersweet, sure to be emotionally ruinous, end. Find sources: "The Thief"Turner novel– news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( August 2015) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)
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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. A tantalizing, suspenseful, exceptionally clever novel is set in a Mediterranean-like country called Sounis in a time when the old gods have just been supplanted. (So vivid are the geography and the details of daily life that the reader can easily believe in the existence of this imaginary landscape.) Gen, a thief languishing in the royal dungeons, is summarily reclaimed by the king’s magus, who wants him to steal the unstealable: a legendary stone conferring the power of the throne of Eddis, a rival neighboring country, on its bearer. The magus and his companions set off, with Gen brought along as a ‘useful sort of tool.’” Eugenides is a thief, but one with a certain amount of integrity. He forms a bond with the magus and his followers and puts himself in danger to protect them, when he doesn't' have to. Pol: A soldier and the expedition’s protection. As the captain of Sophos’s father’s guard, even the magus treats Pol with respect.James Davis Nicoll Five SF Visions of Society Free From Rules, Regulations, or Effective Government 30 seconds ago
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