Turner, Megan Whalen

"This companion to the Queen's Thief series includes short fiction set in the world of the Queen's Thief, as well as never-before-published vignettes and excerpts, poetry and rhymes"--OCLC.

Kamet, a successful secretary and slave to his Mede master, has the ambition and the means to become one of the most powerful people in the Empire if his master does well. But when his master is murdered, he must flee for his own safety and is forced onto a very different path. Kamet suddenly finds himself fighting to survive a rugged terrain, slave catchers, and bounty hunters alongside an enemy soldier with whom he forms an unexpected and powerful friendship.

"Neither accepted nor beloved, Eugenides is the uneasy linchpin of a truce on the Lesser Peninsula, where he has risen to be high king of Attolia, Eddis, and Sounis. As the treacherous Baron Erondites schemes anew and a prophecy appears to foretell the death of the king, the ruthless Mede empire prepares to strike"--Provided by publisher.

Gen flaunts his ingenuity as a thief and relishes the adventure which takes him to a remote temple of the gods where he will attempt to steal a precious stone.

Gen flaunts his ingenuity as a thief and relishes the adventure which takes him to a remote temple of the gods where he will attempt to steal a precious stone.

Forsaken by the gods and left to his own devices, Eugenides, Royal Thief of Eddis, summons all his wit and wiles in an attempt to conquer the rival Queen of Attolia.

"Kamet, a secretary and slave to his Mede master, has the ambition and the means to become one of the most powerful people in the Empire. But with a whispered warning the future he envisioned is wrenched away, and he is forced onto a very different path"--Provided by publisher.

Eugenides, still known as a Thief of Eddis, faces palace intrigue and assassins as he strives to prove himself both to the people of Attolia and to his new bride, their queen.

Kidnapped and sold into slavery, Sophos, an unwilling prince, tries to save his country from being destroyed by rebellion and exploited by the conniving Mede empire.