The Blacktongue Thief – Christopher Buehlman (2021)
Branded deadbeat by his thieves guild, rare of coin, but still a romantic optimist (when he's feeling lucky), protagonist Kinch Na Shannack colorfully narrates us along his macabre adventures.
What unfolds is a rollicking low fantasy adventure—more taverns and flophouses than courtly castles. Kinch picks up a motley crew, including a red wine-obsessed knight who stores giant fighting birds in her tattoos, a paraplegic witch who enchants recently deceased torsos to walk, and an assassin cat.
Magic systems and world-building are inventive but subtle, opting to start small and grow.
Ever the trickster, Kinch is a riot. Read it.
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