The Thief's Gamble
core novel 1999 Tales of Einarinn
Record
| First published | 1999 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.68 (1,947 ratings, collected 2026-09-23) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781857236880 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Livak is a part-time thief and full-time gambler scraping a living in Einarinn's back streets, until an impulsive decision to join an expedition to Hadrumal, fabled city of the Archmage, puts her in possession of a stolen antique tankard. As she and the mercenary swordsman Ryshad uncover what the tankard really holds, they are drawn into a hunt for the secrets of a powerful, long-lost magic, in what becomes the greatest gamble of Livak's life.
Where it sits
- Universe: Tales of Einarinn
- Series: Tales of Einarinn core; position 1 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Juliet E. McKenna
Awards (verified)
- Locus Award (Best First Novel), 2000: nominated
Notes
- From the series record (Tales of Einarinn): Core Canon is all five novels of the original sequence. A related novella (Turns & Chances, 2004) and a short-story collection (A Few Further Tales of Einarinn, 2012) set in the same continuity exist but were not admitted in this pass.
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 Tales of Einarinn: position 1 of 5: next The Swordsman's Oath (1999)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Juliet E. McKenna
- Juliet E. McKenna's official site: The Tales of Einarinn
- https://www.fantasticfiction.com/m/juliet-e-mckenna/thiefs-gamble.htm
- SF Awards Database: 2000 Locus Awards
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