Prison can change you. Eugenides, or Gen, as he is better known, should know. After bragging about how he could steal the king’s seal, Gen is overheard and sent to jail for being a thief. The book starts when the king’s magus, or scholar, finds out where an ancient treasure is hidden. The king wants it, so they take Gen out of jail.
The magus doesn’t care about Gen himself, he only cares about Gen’s skills: Gen can steal anything. Taking along Pol, a guard, Ambiades, and Sophos, the magus and Gen set off to find this treasure. They find out that the king of Sounis, the magus’s king, only wants the treasure, called Hamiathes’s Gift, to marry the queen of Eddis. If he succeeds in winning the queen’s hand, Sounis will rule Eddis and Sounis.
Gen and his companions embark on a dangerous path, hunted by soldiers. When they finally locate the site, Gen takes three days to find Hamiathes’s Gift. He finds it, meeting the gods and goddesses of his religion in the process.
He takes the Gift, returns, and on the trip back, loses it in a battle! No one is seriously wounded, but Hamiathes’s Gift is missing. They carry on, still upset, but doing their duty. Out of food, the magus orders Gen to steal food and horses from Pirrhea, which he reluctantly does. The magus says, “I thought you said you could steal anything,” to which Gen replies, “Things don’t make noise.”
He discovers that the gods are interest in him, and they travel on. They’d spotted their enemies twice, but Gen is given Sophos’s sword to delay them. Gen gets trapped, and the next thing he knows, he’s back in Eddis’s dungeon.
The magus and Sophos are free, and instantly come to see if Gen is okay. Gen, bruised, hurt, irritated, and tired, tries to shoo them away, but falls asleep instead. Gen later learns from Sophos that Pol and Ambiades died in the battle against the Eddis soldiers. Sophos told Gen that he thought he was a great swordsman, but Gen says that it was all because his father had wanted him to be a soldier. Gen is pulled out of jail to speak with the Queen, to bargain for his freedom. Gen is now free, but Sophos and the magus are then arrested. Gen hurries to save them, and helps them escape.
In the book, you will find out whether or not Gen and his friends are freed. Does Gen then return to the Sounis prison, or does the king free him because of his help? Perhaps, more important, do they find Hamiathes’s Gift again?
I really liked this book because it was challenging, fun, and adventurous, all at the same time. In this suspense filled cliffhanger, the reader is kept on his/her toes. No one can just walk away from a book like The Thief. It really keeps you on your toes; just when you think Gen is safe, he gets into an even bigger pickle. Megan Whalen Turner is a great author, and I loved her book. I hope to read more of her amazing work some day.
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