Title: RED SEAS UNDER RED SKIES
Publisher: Gollancz
Author: Scott Lynch
Edition released: 2007
ISBN: 978-0-575-07925-0
586 pages
Reviewed by: Adam Donnison

RED SEAS UNDER RED SKIES is book two of the GENTLEMAN BASTARD SEQUENCE, following on from THE LIES OF LOCKE LAMORA.

Locke Lamora is a con-man and thief, the consummate Gentleman Bastard. Teaming up with Jean Tannen again for the ultimate con, against the ultimate gambling house, the Sinspire. Jean is the brawn to Locke's brains, and together they get themselves into (and quite often out of) all manner of trouble.

The set up is coming along quite nicely when Locke and Jean are sidetracked, and forced into piracy with a unique and deadly threat. When you don't know how to sail, nor the difference between a binnacle and a barnacle, you know that things are going to get hairy.

In this almost madcap escapade, Scott Lynch has created a rather fun world where Locke and Jean run rampant. The twists and turns, while sometimes comedic, are always entertaining and there were only one or two places where the pace slowed. All in all a great read and this reviewer will be on the lookout for future Gentleman Bastard Sequence titles.