Through a series of confidence tricks on the rich, they defy the Secret Peace, an unspoken agreement between the criminal underground and the Duke’s government which allows for the existence of organized crime with the understanding that the peerage and the servants of justice are off limits. He buys troublesome youth Locke for his gang.
Father Chains, their "garrista" (leader), is a priest of the Crooked Warden, the god of thieves. The Gentleman Bastards are masters of deception, disguise, and fine cuisine. Two stories interweave: in the present, the Gentleman Bastards fight a mysterious Grey King taking over the criminal underworld alternate chapters describe the history of Camorr and the Gentleman Bastards, in particular Locke Lamora. Elite con artists calling themselves the "Gentleman Bastards" rob the rich of the city of Camorr, based on late medieval Venice but on an unnamed world.
The Lies of Locke Lamora is a 2006 fantasy novel by American writer Scott Lynch, the first book of the Gentleman Bastard series.
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