![]() ![]() Hulick’s books have been compared to Scott Lynch’s Gentleman Bastard series, and it’s easy to see why. The man who framed Drothe demands that he travel to the desert kingdom of Djan to find Bronze Degan, the friend he betrayed at the end of Among Thieves, and Drothe soon finds himself in over his head as a newly-minted crime lord who’s not only out of his element, but struggling to find his footing in a strange culture he knows little about. ![]() In Sworn in Steel, Drothe must acclimate his new role, and as anyone who read Among Thieves might expect, it’s not a smooth transition.īy the time the book opens, Drothe has already been neatly framed for the murder of another Gray Prince and stands at risk of quickly losing his standing – not to mention his life. In its game-changing final plot twist, as Drothe suddenly found himself transformed from a lowly smuggler into one of the city’s elite crime lords – a Gray Prince. Filled with plot twists, traitors and disguises, the book was packed with surprises. Hulick’s debut novel, Among Thieves, introduced us to Drothe, his friend Degan and the criminal underworld in which they live. It’s no surprise that Douglas Hulick’s Sworn in Steel, the second Tale of the Kin book, found a home on so many lists as one of the most anticipated books of 2014 (including #9 here at ). ![]() Read with caution if you have yet to finish the first book. This review contains spoilers for Among Thieves. ![]()
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