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Discover and rediscover the world of the Queen's Thief, from the acclaimed novel The Thief to the thrilling, twenty-years-in-the-making conclusion, The Return of the Thief. The epic novels set in the world of the Queen's Thief can be read in any order.
New York Times-bestselling author Megan Whalen Turner's entrancing and award-winning Queen's Thief novels bring to life the world of the epics and feature one of the most charismatic and incorrigible characters of fiction, Eugenides the thief. Megan Whalen Turner's Queen's Thief novels are rich with political machinations and intrigue, battles lost and won, dangerous journeys, divine intervention, power, passion, revenge, and deception. Perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo, Marie Lu, Patrick Rothfuss, and George R. R. Martin.
The brilliant thief Eugenides has visited the Queen of Attolia's palace one too many times, leaving small tokens and then departing unseen. When his final excursion does not go as planned, he is captured by the ruthless queen. The Queen's Thief novels have been praised by writers, critics, reviewers, and fans and have been honored with glowing reviews, "best of" citations, and numerous awards, including the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, a Newbery Honor, the Andre Norton Award shortlist, and the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award. Discover and rediscover the stand-alone companions, The Queen of Attolia, The King of Attolia, A Conspiracy of Kings, and Thick as Thieves, all epic novels set in the world of the Queen's Thief.
A Booklist Top 10 Fantasy Books for Youth
ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults
A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age
Parent's Choice Gold Award
A Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon Book
"The Queen's Thief books awe and inspire me. They have the feel of a secret, discovered history of real but forgotten lands. The plot-craft is peerless, the revelations stunning, and the characters flawed, cunning, heartbreaking, exceptional. Megan Whalen Turner's books have a permanent spot on my favorites shelf, with space waiting for more books to come."--Laini Taylor, New York Times-bestselling author of the Daughter of Smoke and Bone novels and Strange the Dreamer
"Unforgettable characters, plot twists that will make your head spin, a world rendered in elegant detail--you will fall in love with every page of these stories. Megan Whalen Turner writes vivid, immersive, heartbreaking fantasy that will leave you desperate to return to Attolia again and again."--Leigh Bardugo, New York Times-bestselling author of the The Grisha Trilogy and Six of Crows
"Megan Whalen Turner proves to be one of the brightest creative talents. With each book, she continues to add new levels and new luster to her sparkling imagination."--Lloyd Alexander, Newbery Medalist and National Book Award-winning author of The Chronicles of Prydain
"Readers will be spellbound."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Turner's storytelling is so sure that readers will want to go along with her--and discover whatever it is that Eugenides will do next."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"[An] intense read . . . thoroughly involving and wholly satisfying on all fronts."--The Horn Book (starred review)
Summary
Discover the world of the Queen's Thief
New York Times-bestselling author Megan Whalen Turner's entrancing and award-winning Queen's Thief novels bring to life the world of the epics and feature one of the most charismatic and incorrigible characters of fiction, Eugenides the thief. Megan Whalen Turner's Queen's Thief novels are rich with political machinations and intrigue, battles lost and won, dangerous journeys, divine intervention, power, passion, revenge, and deception. Perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo, Marie Lu, Patrick Rothfuss, and George R. R. Martin.
The brilliant thief Eugenides has visited the Queen of Attolia's palace one too many times, leaving small tokens and then departing unseen. When his final excursion does not go as planned, he is captured by the ruthless queen. The Queen's Thief novels have been praised by writers, critics, reviewers, and fans and have been honored with glowing reviews, "best of" citations, and numerous awards, including the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, a Newbery Honor, the Andre Norton Award shortlist, and the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award. Discover and rediscover the stand-alone companions, The Queen of Attolia, The King of Attolia, A Conspiracy of Kings, and Thick as Thieves, all epic novels set in the world of the Queen's Thief.
A Booklist Top 10 Fantasy Books for Youth
ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults
A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age
Parent's Choice Gold Award
A Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon Book
"The Queen's Thief books awe and inspire me. They have the feel of a secret, discovered history of real but forgotten lands. The plot-craft is peerless, the revelations stunning, and the characters flawed, cunning, heartbreaking, exceptional. Megan Whalen Turner's books have a permanent spot on my favorites shelf, with space waiting for more books to come."--Laini Taylor, New York Times-bestselling author of the Daughter of Smoke and Bone novels and Strange the Dreamer
"Unforgettable characters, plot twists that will make your head spin, a world rendered in elegant detail--you will fall in love with every page of these stories. Megan Whalen Turner writes vivid, immersive, heartbreaking fantasy that will leave you desperate to return to Attolia again and again."--Leigh Bardugo, New York Times-bestselling author of the The Grisha Trilogy and Six of Crows
"Megan Whalen Turner proves to be one of the brightest creative talents. With each book, she continues to add new levels and new luster to her sparkling imagination."--Lloyd Alexander, Newbery Medalist and National Book Award-winning author of The Chronicles of Prydain
"Readers will be spellbound."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Turner's storytelling is so sure that readers will want to go along with her--and discover whatever it is that Eugenides will do next."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"[An] intense read . . . thoroughly involving and wholly satisfying on all fronts."--The Horn Book (starred review)
Reviews (12)
School Library Journal Review
Gr 6-10-In this sequel (HarperTeen, 2000) to The Thief (Greenwillow, 1996), Megan Whalen Turner continues the saga of the Queen's Thief, Eugenides (Gen), and his impact on his homeland, Eddis, as well as the neighboring countries, Sounis and Attolia. When Gen is discovered in the Attolian palace, the Queen cuts off his right hand as punishment. Sent back to Eddis reeling from his torture, Gen becomes a changed man. No longer able to perform the feats that allowed him the title of Queen's Thief, he become depressed. Meanwhile, Eddis has declared war on Attolia and the two countries are also embroiled in a conflict with Sounis. The gods, the Queen of Eddis, the Magus from Sounis, and his father, the Minister of War, all contrive to draw Gen out into the world again. Gen devises plans to steal the time his Queen needs to find peace for the kingdom and for Eugenides. The tale is full of plot twists and excellent characterizations, and Jeff Woodman excels at narrating the action sequences and dialogue. The slower paced sections that focus on war strategy become monotonous and boring. However, those who persevere will be captivated. For large audiobook collections.-Jessica Miller, New Britain Public Library, New Britain, CT (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
This spellbinder of a sequel to the Newbery Honor-winning The Thief is every bit as devilishly well plotted and grandly conceived. As it opens, Eugenides the thief has fallen into the clutches of the queen of Attolia, who still seethes from his besting of her (relayed in The Thief). Unwilling to execute him, lest she start a war with the queen of Eddis (Eugenides's cousin and ruler), she orders his hand cut off. The drama is high, and the action grows only more engrossing. As Eugenides tries to reconcile himself to the amputation, war breaks out, involving Attolia, Eddis and Sounis, tiny countries modeled on ancient Greece and other Mediterranean nations. For the most part, Turner eschews battle scenes, although she executes these with flair. Instead, she emphasizes strategy, with brilliant, ever-deceptive Eugenides a match for Odysseus in his wiliness and daring, perpetually catching readers by surprise. When, fairly late in the novel, Eugenides decides that he must wed the fearsome queen of Attolia in order to achieve a more lasting peace--and that he loves her--it requires a certain leap of faith to accept that his terror of her coexists with desire. But Turner's storytelling is so sure that readers will want to go along with her--and discover whatever it is that Eugenides will do next. Ages 10-up. (Apr.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Horn Book Review
(Young Adult) A tense opening plunges the reader into a harrowing escape scene, as the Thief slips through secret passages and races desperately across the countryside-where both hero and reader are slammed to a sudden and unexpected halt in the darkness. Already we sense, from this first chapter, that Eugenides is a master of stealth maneuvering and should have evaded his pursuers-but something has gone horribly wrong. In the shocking scene that follows, Eugenides's hand is chopped off by order of the ruthless Queen of Attolia, and the maimed Thief is sent home to Eddis as a cruel message. Those readers already attached to Gen from The Thief may suffer with him through his painful recovery but will never doubt it; newcomers will soon be engaged by this complex young man as they follow him through the fictional Mediterranean landscape, brilliantly drafted by Turner in the previous novel and here recalled as stage for a complicated web of political intrigue, military strategy, and star-crossed love. In order to save his country from ruin and takeover, Eugenides must return to Attolia and attempt to steal his greatest prize yet, the cruel queen herself, while still battling his profound fear, rage, and the predilections of his heart. The intricate relationships between the three small nations of Eddis, Attolia, and Sounis-and the powerful Mede empire that would swallow them all-demand ample concentration, but the highly developed imaginary world is fully realized and as palpable as the Eddisian gods and goddesses who play a substantive role in shaping Eugenides's fate. The intense read is thoroughly involving and wholly satisfying on all fronts, as the novel's pacing quickens to a dramatic political climax, then slows appropriately for the more intimate conclusion. l.a. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.
Kirkus Review
In this intense, intelligent sequel to The Thief (1996, Newbery Honor), war breaks out among three Balkanesque countries, engendering a series of crafty maneuvers and terrifying, high-stakes gambles. The uneasy balance between mountainous Eddis and larger neighbors Attolia and Sounis tips when Eugenides, the Queen of Eddis's official Thief, is captured by the ruthless young Queen of Attolia, and has his right hand struck off. Reprisals escalate, until Eddis is attacked on two sides'and, ominously, troop ships from the huge Mede Empire approach. Turner creates a complex web of intrigue, hidden motives, feints, and counterfeints, focusing on the Queen of Attolia, who while playing a dangerous diplomatic game with the scheming Mede Ambassador, has been driven to the ragged edge of sanity by the bloody-mindedness required to hold power in her turbulent country, and on Eugenides, whose deep-seated love for her struggles with stark terror after what she has done to him. Events move to a tight climax as the Ambassador seizes on a pretext to land his troops, and under his very nose the queens of Eddis and Attolia form an alliance to drive them back into the sea. Readers will be spellbound, not only by the plot's ingenious twists and turns, but by the powerful webs of humor and sorrow, differences and commonalities, love and loyalty that bind this memorable cast together. (Fiction. 11-15)
Booklist Review
Gr. 5^-8. Gen, the likable, slippery rogue of The Thief (1997), is back gliding easily through the secret passages and back rooms of the queen of Attolia's palace. This time, to his amazement and dismay, he is caught because Attolia's guards seem to know his escape route as well as he does. Badly beaten and flung into a dank dungeon, he awaits his fate. Meanwhile, the queen of Eddis cuts off the flow of water to Attolia, demanding the safe return of her thief. When Gen is returned alive but minus his right hand, the queen of Eddis releases the water but orders her border troops to confiscate the goods of the next 10 Attolian traders. Thus, war escalates between the two kingdoms, egged on by the unctuous, manipulative Mede ambassador to the Attolian court, whose nation covets both Attolia and Eddis. There's a great deal of political maneuvering and battling as well as individual angst on the part of the two queens and Gen, until Gen finally emerges from his self-imposed isolation to take part in resolving the conflict--by stealing the queen of Attolia herself. Turner maintains her well-created world and believable characterizations in a tale (once again including only the slightest touch of magic) that is best suited to readers of the earlier book. --Sally Estes
Library Journal Review
Eugenides ("Gen") is a royal thief in the service of his cousin, the Queen of Eddis. Since his youth, he has felt something close to obsession for the powerful queen of the neighboring kingdom, Attolia. This sequel to the Newbery Honor book The Thief (1997) takes the story of the kingdoms of Eddis, Sounis, and Attolia in an unexpected direction. In the opening scene, the Queen of Attolia exacts a high price from Gen, whom she has caught sneaking around her palace. She has her royal guard cut off his hand. Admittedly, the title of the third book in the series, The King of Attolia (ISBN 978-0-06-083577-4. 2006), offers a clue to this story's conclusion. For fans of Mr. & Mrs. Smith (starring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, 2005). Why It Is for Us: These political rivals are strong on the outside and damaged within. Gen's continued pursuit of a woman who would punish him in such a way is more than a little twisted. Is he after her heart or her throne? Does it matter so long as we get to watch? [The hardcover was published in 2000.] (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
School Library Journal Review
Gr 6-10-In this sequel (HarperTeen, 2000) to The Thief (Greenwillow, 1996), Megan Whalen Turner continues the saga of the Queen's Thief, Eugenides (Gen), and his impact on his homeland, Eddis, as well as the neighboring countries, Sounis and Attolia. When Gen is discovered in the Attolian palace, the Queen cuts off his right hand as punishment. Sent back to Eddis reeling from his torture, Gen becomes a changed man. No longer able to perform the feats that allowed him the title of Queen's Thief, he become depressed. Meanwhile, Eddis has declared war on Attolia and the two countries are also embroiled in a conflict with Sounis. The gods, the Queen of Eddis, the Magus from Sounis, and his father, the Minister of War, all contrive to draw Gen out into the world again. Gen devises plans to steal the time his Queen needs to find peace for the kingdom and for Eugenides. The tale is full of plot twists and excellent characterizations, and Jeff Woodman excels at narrating the action sequences and dialogue. The slower paced sections that focus on war strategy become monotonous and boring. However, those who persevere will be captivated. For large audiobook collections.-Jessica Miller, New Britain Public Library, New Britain, CT (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
This spellbinder of a sequel to the Newbery Honor-winning The Thief is every bit as devilishly well plotted and grandly conceived. As it opens, Eugenides the thief has fallen into the clutches of the queen of Attolia, who still seethes from his besting of her (relayed in The Thief). Unwilling to execute him, lest she start a war with the queen of Eddis (Eugenides's cousin and ruler), she orders his hand cut off. The drama is high, and the action grows only more engrossing. As Eugenides tries to reconcile himself to the amputation, war breaks out, involving Attolia, Eddis and Sounis, tiny countries modeled on ancient Greece and other Mediterranean nations. For the most part, Turner eschews battle scenes, although she executes these with flair. Instead, she emphasizes strategy, with brilliant, ever-deceptive Eugenides a match for Odysseus in his wiliness and daring, perpetually catching readers by surprise. When, fairly late in the novel, Eugenides decides that he must wed the fearsome queen of Attolia in order to achieve a more lasting peace--and that he loves her--it requires a certain leap of faith to accept that his terror of her coexists with desire. But Turner's storytelling is so sure that readers will want to go along with her--and discover whatever it is that Eugenides will do next. Ages 10-up. (Apr.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Horn Book Review
(Young Adult) A tense opening plunges the reader into a harrowing escape scene, as the Thief slips through secret passages and races desperately across the countryside-where both hero and reader are slammed to a sudden and unexpected halt in the darkness. Already we sense, from this first chapter, that Eugenides is a master of stealth maneuvering and should have evaded his pursuers-but something has gone horribly wrong. In the shocking scene that follows, Eugenides's hand is chopped off by order of the ruthless Queen of Attolia, and the maimed Thief is sent home to Eddis as a cruel message. Those readers already attached to Gen from The Thief may suffer with him through his painful recovery but will never doubt it; newcomers will soon be engaged by this complex young man as they follow him through the fictional Mediterranean landscape, brilliantly drafted by Turner in the previous novel and here recalled as stage for a complicated web of political intrigue, military strategy, and star-crossed love. In order to save his country from ruin and takeover, Eugenides must return to Attolia and attempt to steal his greatest prize yet, the cruel queen herself, while still battling his profound fear, rage, and the predilections of his heart. The intricate relationships between the three small nations of Eddis, Attolia, and Sounis-and the powerful Mede empire that would swallow them all-demand ample concentration, but the highly developed imaginary world is fully realized and as palpable as the Eddisian gods and goddesses who play a substantive role in shaping Eugenides's fate. The intense read is thoroughly involving and wholly satisfying on all fronts, as the novel's pacing quickens to a dramatic political climax, then slows appropriately for the more intimate conclusion. l.a. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.
Kirkus Review
In this intense, intelligent sequel to The Thief (1996, Newbery Honor), war breaks out among three Balkanesque countries, engendering a series of crafty maneuvers and terrifying, high-stakes gambles. The uneasy balance between mountainous Eddis and larger neighbors Attolia and Sounis tips when Eugenides, the Queen of Eddis's official Thief, is captured by the ruthless young Queen of Attolia, and has his right hand struck off. Reprisals escalate, until Eddis is attacked on two sides'and, ominously, troop ships from the huge Mede Empire approach. Turner creates a complex web of intrigue, hidden motives, feints, and counterfeints, focusing on the Queen of Attolia, who while playing a dangerous diplomatic game with the scheming Mede Ambassador, has been driven to the ragged edge of sanity by the bloody-mindedness required to hold power in her turbulent country, and on Eugenides, whose deep-seated love for her struggles with stark terror after what she has done to him. Events move to a tight climax as the Ambassador seizes on a pretext to land his troops, and under his very nose the queens of Eddis and Attolia form an alliance to drive them back into the sea. Readers will be spellbound, not only by the plot's ingenious twists and turns, but by the powerful webs of humor and sorrow, differences and commonalities, love and loyalty that bind this memorable cast together. (Fiction. 11-15)
Booklist Review
Gr. 5^-8. Gen, the likable, slippery rogue of The Thief (1997), is back gliding easily through the secret passages and back rooms of the queen of Attolia's palace. This time, to his amazement and dismay, he is caught because Attolia's guards seem to know his escape route as well as he does. Badly beaten and flung into a dank dungeon, he awaits his fate. Meanwhile, the queen of Eddis cuts off the flow of water to Attolia, demanding the safe return of her thief. When Gen is returned alive but minus his right hand, the queen of Eddis releases the water but orders her border troops to confiscate the goods of the next 10 Attolian traders. Thus, war escalates between the two kingdoms, egged on by the unctuous, manipulative Mede ambassador to the Attolian court, whose nation covets both Attolia and Eddis. There's a great deal of political maneuvering and battling as well as individual angst on the part of the two queens and Gen, until Gen finally emerges from his self-imposed isolation to take part in resolving the conflict--by stealing the queen of Attolia herself. Turner maintains her well-created world and believable characterizations in a tale (once again including only the slightest touch of magic) that is best suited to readers of the earlier book. --Sally Estes
Library Journal Review
Eugenides ("Gen") is a royal thief in the service of his cousin, the Queen of Eddis. Since his youth, he has felt something close to obsession for the powerful queen of the neighboring kingdom, Attolia. This sequel to the Newbery Honor book The Thief (1997) takes the story of the kingdoms of Eddis, Sounis, and Attolia in an unexpected direction. In the opening scene, the Queen of Attolia exacts a high price from Gen, whom she has caught sneaking around her palace. She has her royal guard cut off his hand. Admittedly, the title of the third book in the series, The King of Attolia (ISBN 978-0-06-083577-4. 2006), offers a clue to this story's conclusion. For fans of Mr. & Mrs. Smith (starring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, 2005). Why It Is for Us: These political rivals are strong on the outside and damaged within. Gen's continued pursuit of a woman who would punish him in such a way is more than a little twisted. Is he after her heart or her throne? Does it matter so long as we get to watch? [The hardcover was published in 2000.] (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.