Series
Gentleman Bastard Sequence
Scott Lynch · 3 novels · 3 novellas · 1 collection · 2006–2024
Scott Lynch's Gentleman Bastard sequence follows Locke Lamora, an orphan-raised master thief and con artist, and his gang of 'Gentleman Bastards' as they run elaborate grifts on the nobility of Camorr, a canal city modeled on Renaissance Venice. The Lies of Locke Lamora and its two sequels braid heist capers with flashbacks tracing how the gang was trained, escalating into a wider conflict involving crime lords and sorcerers. Lynch has planned seven books in total; three have been published so far, with long gaps between installments.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
- Gentlemen Bastards(1 work)
- Omnibus editions(1 edition)
Map
Gentleman Bastard Sequence at the centre, 1 subseries around it, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
Stats
By decade
- 2000s2
- 2010s1
- 2020s1
Shape
3 novels · 3 novellas · 1 collection
1 author
reads like:fantasycon artistssecondary worldtimeless or unspecifiedadventurousadult
Mood
Bright and intense: 71% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 44%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book7 of 7 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- The Choir of Knivesdarkest · calmest
- The Mad Baron's Mechanical Atticbrightest
- The Lies of Locke Lamoramost intense