Red Seas Under Red Skies
core novel 2007 The Gentleman Bastards
Record
| First published | 2007 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.25 (165,804 ratings, collected 2026-09-13) |
| Page count | 578 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780553804683 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
Two years after the events of The Lies of Locke Lamora, the con artists Locke Lamora and Jean Tannen are working as professional gamblers in the island city-state of Tal Verrar, having relocated after the turmoil of their last job in Camorr. When the city's ruling archon forces them into a dangerous scheme involving piracy on the open sea, the two friends must juggle an elaborate heist targeting the infamous Sinspire gambling house while also navigating threats from ruthless crime lords, calculating sorcerers, and a fragile alliance with a pirate crew whose loyalties are far from certain, all while keeping their true identities hidden from the city's other power brokers.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Gentleman Bastards
- Series: The Gentleman Bastards core; position 2 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Scott Lynch
Notes
- From the series record (The Gentleman Bastards): Author-confirmed 7-book plan (Locus Online interview, 2013: 'there will be seven books and I can't break that rule'). Book 4, The Thorn of Emberlain, remains unpublished/undated as of the author's own July 2026 interview, displayed as in-progress per Constitution Article 8, not registered as a book (no confirmed title-page facts to record) and not penalized in any future ranking.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Gentleman Bastards: position 2 of 3: previous The Lies of Locke Lamora (2006) · next The Republic of Thieves (2013)
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Lynch
- Scott Lynch official site
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Seas_Under_Red_Skies
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