An attempted robbery leads to Kinch being hired by the Takers Guild to head to the heart of a battlefield for reasons they haven't revealed. In exchange, Kinch's debt to the guild will be erased. Which would be great as the tattoo on his face allows for slapping and ends with Kinch buying a drink for the aggressor. It's a whole thing.
Kinch is to follow a warrior and survivor of the goblin wars, Galva, to Hrava, which has just been decimated by giants. Along the way the two meet a variety of characters, become entangled in seemingly endless messes, and exchange favors that all play a role in their final mission.
Kinch Na Shannack is your new favorite antihero!
Kinch is a thief, but an amiable one (at least for the reader), who turns out to be a hero at heart. There's a bit of will he/won't he throughout in terms of the different paths and decisions Kinch is forced to make.
Galva is awesome and thorough her we get quite a bit of history and world building.
This is a world that's suffered huge losses since their war with the goblins. And since men went off to fight in the early wars, heavy losses meant only women were left for the later campaigns. Galva is a soldier and survivor of the Daughters' War (which is the focus of the prequel book of the same name that came out this spring from Tor).
I've been doing so many audiobooks lately and this is one that I highly, highly recommend in audio. Seriously, if you're inclined to audio AT ALL, listen to it rather than read the physical. Buehlman himself reads (and sings) and it is an absolute pleasure to hear! (Added bonus of getting to hear actual pronunciations.)
This audio is over twelve hours. Twelve hours, my friends! It's a good thing I started it on the weekend because I literally did NOTHING that couldn't be accompanied by an audiobook in my ears, listening as straight through as was possible! It's so good!
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