Thick as Thieves
core novel 2017 The Queen's Thief
Record
| First published | 2017 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.17 (17,213 ratings, collected 2026-08-26) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780062568243 |
| Internal chronology | 5 |
Synopsis
Thick as Thieves is the fifth novel in The Queen's Thief series, opening after the Mede Empire's attempted invasion of Attolia in The Queen of Attolia has failed. It follows Kamet, secretary and slave to Nahuseresh, the Medean ambassador, who despite his bondage holds real influence and ambitions within the empire. When Nahuseresh falls out of favor with the Medean heir following the failed invasion, Kamet finds himself approached by a mysterious foreigner claiming to speak for the King of Attolia, offering him a way out of slavery. After a fellow slave warns him that his master has been poisoned, Kamet is forced into a sudden, dangerous decision, fleeing across the desert with an Attolian soldier while trying to hide his master's death from imperial pursuers on their trail.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Queen's Thief
- Series: The Queen's Thief core; position 5 of 6 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Megan Whalen Turner
Notes
- From the series record (The Queen's Thief): A YA political fantasy series following the thief Eugenides across the fictional Mediterranean-inspired countries of Sounis, Eddis, and Attolia; the author has stated the series ended with the sixth book.
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 Queen's Thief: position 5 of 6: previous A Conspiracy of Kings (2010) · next Return of the Thief (2020)
Sources
- The Queen's Thief series bibliography (specialised series-tracking site)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thick_as_Thieves_(novel)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thick_as_Thieves_(Turner_novel)
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