THE BLACKTONGUE THIEF
Horror writer Christopher Buehlman brings a generous dose of darkness with him as he jumps into epic fantasy for the first time. His hero is Kinch Na Shannack, a thief deep in debt to the Takers Guild that trained him in the finer points of pilfering. With a caustic sense of humour and irrepressible streak of cynicism, Kinch could easily have become a glib narrator, but the story digs out depths in the character that aren’t immediately apparent.