
The catch is the fact that Sabetha is working for the other side.įrom this point, the book switches between flashbacks concerning Locke and Sabetha learning from Father Chains and the present games between Sabetha and Locke. They can work with her faction of the Bondsmagi in order to rig elections in exchange for money and Locke's life. Patience, of the Bondsmagi appears and offers the pair a deal. Sabetha and Locke meet when they are still part of the child thief gang and she is charged with guiding him.Īfter this flashback, the scene shifts to the fallout from Red Seas Under Red Skies where Locke is dying and Jean is charged with helping him.


The book begins with the first meeting of Locke and Sabetha, the woman that he has been in love with throughout the series but has not been introduced until this book. It is published by Random House and Orion. The book was released on October 8, 2013, in the US and Octoin the UK & Commonwealth.

It details the continuing adventures of Locke Lamora and Jean Tannen, as well as Sabetha, Locke's previously absent love interest. The Republic of Thieves is a fantasy novel by American writer Scott Lynch, the third book in the Gentleman Bastard Sequence series.
