Red Seas Under Red Skies: The Gentleman Bastard Sequence, Book Two

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Jean tells both men to point their crossbows at Locke and once again tells Locke to drop his weapon. The man offers Jean his commiserations for failing to secure a deal with her but Jean says he achieved what he set out to do. However, after the crew's escape Merrain covertly kills the guards - acting on behalf of her true bosses, and clearly without the archon's knowledge. But not even their sojourn as buccaneers can keep the Gentlemen Bastards from their much-desired reckoning with all the powers that have conspired to interrupt their lives, including the last people in the world any sane person would want to offend.

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Stragos reveals that they are mechanical and that a mechanical device below the room pushes air up into the cases and makes them move in a way that appears real. The captured alchemist reveals that he currently only has one vial of the antidote prepared, but when Locke and Jean plan to take him with them to make more, Merrain kills him with a poisoned dagger and tries unsuccessfully to kill Locke, Jean, and Stragos before running off. Locke says he understands why she would think that is the best course of action, but that it would be a mistake – he says that until he walked into the room they were sure that his men could spot a cheater.

Then he moves past the Alchemists, whose arms and faces are mostly burnt from failed or less-controllable experiments. When Locke reaches the ground floor he asks the attendant to add his winnings (his cut is equal to nearly 500 solari after the dealer’s tip) to his account. Marius turns out to be the one who hired the mysterious assassins to kill the two thieves based on false information from the Bondsmagi that Locke and Jean were threats to the Priori.

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A richly developed fantasy novel, with a nice line in earthy dialogue and many instances of grotesque violence.Jean tells the gang that despite all his threats, he is there to look out for them and that no one can mess with them without messing with him too. The two decide that when they arrive they will no longer be Camorri, they shall pretend to be Talishani Merchant Speculators. Stragos's alchemist only creates enough antidote for one person before he dies and Locke and Jean are forced to flee the city. Although she is playing and winning the game, she is obviously not trying as hard as she could because her confidence is growing with each win.

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Suddenly, though, Izmilla slumps forwards drunk and the dealer insists that she sits up and shows she is capable of continuing. Although the council votes to let her go against Stragos, they secretly fear that the archon will attack them in retaliation and decide to later send Jaffrim Rodanov to keep Zamira from dragging the rest of them into any potential conflict. They wager with Madam Durenna about a boy fighting in a cage of deadly stiletto wasps that Requin brought in.If he had a bloody gash across his throat and a physiker was trying to sew it up, Lamora would steal the needle and thread and die laughing. A boat is burning just behind them and two people stand opposite them – each points a crossbow at the one opposite – all four men are too close to miss. Gallardine isn’t happy with Jean suggesting she may help him break into her own work and when Jean tells her that it is Requin’s vault he wants to break into she tells him he is mad. Known as the Gray King, he is slowly killing Capa Barsavi's most trusted men — and using Locke as a pawn in his plot to take control of Camorr's underworld.