The Republic of Thieves

Locke Lamora starts out The Republic of Thieves dying of the poison administered to him in the previous book. The chance for a cure comes in the form of the bondsmage, Patience, who wants to hire Locke and his trusty friend Jean to fix an ordinary human election in Karthain, the city where the bondsmagi live.

To complicate the matters, the opposing faction of bondsmagi has hired Sabetha, Locke's former partner in crime and enduring true love who is Locke's equal in Xanatos Speed Chess. A truly dirty election season follows in which both of the two parties in Karthain engaging in horrendously corrupt and entertaining tactics under the criminal guidance of Locke and Sabetha, all to win the rulership of a city that, unknown to the ordinary residents, is in truth ruled from shadows by the mind-controlling bondsmagi themselves. When the end comes, the results surprise almost everyone.


 * All Elections Are Serious Business
 * Belligerent Sexual Tension: Between Locke and Sabetha.
 * Blood on the Debate Floor
 * Corrupt Politician
 * Election Night
 * Fictional Political Party: Kartain has the Deep Roots Party and the Black Iris Party.
 * Flashback
 * Gambit Pileup
 * Heroes Want Redheads
 * The Magocracy
 * Sleazy Politician
 * Tsundere: Sabetha.
 * Xanatos Speed Chess
 * Your Favorite