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Pathfinder Tales: Liar's Island

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Pathfinder Tales: Liar's Island

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A Thief and His Sword

Rodrick is a con man as charming as he is cunning. Hrym is a talking sword of magical ice, with the soul and spells of an ancient dragon. Together, the two travel the world, parting the gullible from their gold and freezing their enemies in their tracks. But when the two get summoned to the mysterious island of Jalmeray by a king with genies and elementals at his command, they'll need all their wits and charm if they're going to escape with the greatest prize of all—their lives.

From Hugo Award winner Tim Pratt comes a tale of magic, assassination, and cheerful larceny, set in the award-winning world of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game.

304-page trade paperback
ISBN-13: 978-0-7653-7452-3

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Great Fun All Around

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Wow, there's a lot happening in Liar's Island! It's a fast-paced, action-packed, and often downright hilarious novel that I highly recommend. The con man with a heart of gold Rodrick is back, along with his intelligent ice sword Hrym, and this time they'll be leaving the mainland behind for an adventure in rarely-seen Jalmeray! I'm a Tim Pratt fanboy, and this novel represents him at his best. It's full of careful attention to Golarion setting lore without becoming dense, has a knack for fun without becoming silly, and somehow makes you really *care* about a talking magical sword. It's one of my favourite Pathinder Tales novels, so go read it! (though I give you permission to read the prior novel with Rodrick and Hrym--Liar's Blade--first.)

SPOILERS!:

Rodrick and Hrym are up to their thieving ways in Absalom when they're interrupted by, of all things, a djinn with an invitation: come to exotic Jalmeray and meet the thakur (king)! It's an invitation that's not easy to refuse, but the journey to Jalmeray is interrupted when their ship is interdicted by a vessel from the rival country of Nex. There's some downright hilarious banter and we start seeing signs that Hrym isn't quite "himself"--the reader will realise that Hrym is being unknowingly affected by a demonic taint received at the end of the previous novel that causes him to act out violently when he's "asleep." In Jalmeray, Rodrick and Hrym meet the thakur's advisor, Nagesh, who turns out to want the pair to help assassinate someone! Rodrick and Hrym decide to rob the palace and make a run for it instead, only to get swept up in a jungle treasure hunt for the fabled Scepter of the Arclords and a close encounter with the murderous Knife in the Dark cult. It's really funny, really exciting, and the ending promises to take the characters in a new direction. It's a book I want to reread while looking forward to Liar's Bargain.

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5/5 —

It is a very good book and aventure.

Most of Rodrick's problems are because he lack investigation ability and because he is dumb and quick witted..

A surprisingly 'realistic' story of owning an artifact

5/5 —

The setting was well handled, and the story nicely intricate - the protagonist stumbling into things already in progress.

4/5 —

Not quite as enjoyable as Liar's Blade, but that's a very high bar to reach. Roderick & Hrym are an enjoyable duo, and the supporting cast of characters is large and mostly interesting as well. I appreciate the effort to deal w/ the ramifications of the last book's ending, and that by the end of this book, there seemed to be indications of another at least modest change in store for our pair of (anti-) heroes.

Editing wasn't bad (for all none of you interested in what I mean by that...fewer than 10 noticeable typos, I'd guess).

The Jalmeray setting was pretty cool.

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Yay! More Rodrick and Hrym!

It looks like this is the finalized cover?
Managing Editor

Yup! This is the real cover. Looking at this was the first time I really appreciated how beautiful the new trade paperback format is going to be. :)
Liberty's Edge RPG Superstar 2008 Top 32, 2011 Top 16

Awesome! Can't wait. After their brief reference in Reign of Stars, I'd love to see a novel teaming them up with Alaeron and Skiver.

For that matter, a novel that teams up characters from different Pathfinder Tales authors could be pretty cool, similar to the Avengers movie bringing together all of the heroes from their independent movies.
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Gotta say, I'm loving these new covers! Very cool to see another by Tim, too!

Huh, I was just saying to a friend last night that Rodrick and Hrym were the next Pathfinder Tales characters I'd like to get another book. Jump on this morning and see this...

Since you've apparently been reading my mind, I look forward to seeing a sequel to Skinwalkers announced shortly as well.

I would LOVE to see this one made up as a Wallpaper with or without the text (preferably without, but I'm not too picky).

sweet

Really hope Skiver shows up in this, he is HANDS DOWN my favorite character.

What are the dimensions of this book? Is it 6.7” x 4.2” like most in the past novels or 8.2” x 5.4” like the recent Lord of Runes? Personally I like the larger sizes for my books BUT now Lord of Runes does not match all the other Pathfinder books on my shelf. I know, 1st world problem. Liar’s Island is in my side cart regardless of the size. I really liked Pratt’s previous novel; my favorite Pathfinder author and that’s saying something.
Dark Archive

Yea! These two are
By far my favorite pathfinder characters.
Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Charter Superscriber

AWESOME cover!

looks like I am going to have to scrounge up another $15 this month
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We have a release date for the Audio Book yet? I have 2 credits on Audible.com ready to be used!
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FattyLumpkin wrote:
What are the dimensions of this book? Is it 6.7” x 4.2” like most in the past novels or 8.2” x 5.4” like the recent Lord of Runes? Personally I like the larger sizes for my books BUT now Lord of Runes does not match all the other Pathfinder books on my shelf. I know, 1st world problem. Liar’s Island is in my side cart regardless of the size. I really liked Pratt’s previous novel; my favorite Pathfinder author and that’s saying something.

All books going forward (i.e. all those published by Tor) will be in the larger trade paperback size.

You can read the press release here.
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The Audio Book is out by the way.
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