![]() He exaggerates and lies, but lets you know he’s doing so with a wink and a nudge. Kinch tells the story like he’s sitting next to you at a table in the pub, sharing the worst and best moments with a lingering delight at the sheer telling of the tale. But besides all that, a person’s got to make a living, and Kinch has a debt to the Takers Guild he’s bound to pay off. Kinch welcomes readers straight into a world where humanity was nearly destroyed by goblins, and where giants are encroaching on the northern border. ![]() ![]() ![]() As he travels with Galva, and, soon after, a witch companion Norrigal, he begins to question just where his allegiance lies, and what he owes his newfound friends-and the world.įrom the first pages of The Blacktongue Thief, this Den of Geek reviewer was hooked, in no small part because the narrative voice is quite simply a delight. The Spanth warrior who spares him, Galva, is on a quest-and the Taker’s Guild, for which Kinch works, assigns him to accompany her, gain her trust, and wait for further instruction. Kinch Na Shannack, working thief, is spared when a banditry gig goes south. It’s that premise from which The Blacktongue Thiefstarts. It only takes a small, insignificant moment to completely change the course of a life. ![]()
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