Theft Of Swords: The Riyria Revelations and over 1.5 million other books are available for Amazon Kindle . Learn more

Buy New

Quantity:

Buy Used

Used - Very Good See details

Price: �5.56

Fulfilled by Amazon

Trade in Yours

For a �0.60 Gift Card

Learn more

More Buying Choices

Have one to sell? Sell yours here

Sorry, this item is not available in

Image not available for
Colour:

Image not available

Share your own customer images

Search inside this book

Start reading Theft Of Swords: The Riyria Revelations on your Kindle in under a minute.

Don't have a Kindle? Get your Kindle here, or download a FREE Kindle Reading App.

Theft Of Swords: The Riyria Revelations [Paperback]

Michael J Sullivan (Author)

4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (66 customer reviews)

RRP:	�8.99
Price:	�7.19 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions
Deal Price:
You Save:	�1.80 (20%)
	o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o

Only 13 left in stock (more on the way).
Dispatched from and sold by Amazon. Gift-wrap available.

Want it Thursday, 20 June? Choose Express delivery at checkout. Details

	Amazon Price		New from	Used from
Kindle Edition	�2.99		--	--
Paperback	�7.19		--	--
Show # more paperbacks
Show fewer paperbacks
Audio Download, Unabridged	�19.49	or Free with Audible.co.uk 30-day free trial
Show # more audio downloads
Show fewer audio downloads

Trade In this Item for up to �0.60

Trade in Theft Of Swords: The Riyria Revelations for an Amazon.co.uk gift card of up to �0.60, which you can then spend on millions of items across the site. Trade-in values may vary (terms apply). Special Offer until June 30, 2013: Receive an additional �5 promotional Gift Card, when you trade-in at least �10 worth of books. Learn more

› See more product promotions

Book Description

Publication Date: 3 Nov 2011 | Series: Riyria Revelations

THEY KILLED THE KING.

THEY PINNED IT ON TWO MEN.

THEY MADE A BAD DECISION ...

Royce Melborn is a superb thief, his partner, Hadrian Blackwater is a skilled mercenary. Together they make a profitable living as agents-for-hire to wealthy nobles until someone sets them up to take the blame for the murder of the king.

Captured and sentenced to death the two are saved by an unlikely woman with a simple demand that will change the lives of the thieves, the course of a kingdom, and the foundation of an empire.

#outer_postBodyPS { display: none; } #psGradient { display: none; } #psPlaceHolder { display: none; } #psExpand { display: none; }

THEY KILLED THE KING.

THEY PINNED IT ON TWO MEN.

THEY MADE A BAD DECISION ...

Captured and sentenced to death the two are saved by an unlikely woman with a simple demand that will change the lives of the thieves, the course of a kingdom, and the foundation of an empire.

Frequently Bought Together

Price For All Three: �20.97

Show availability and delivery details

Buy the selected items together

This item: Theft Of Swords: The Riyria Revelations by Michael J Sullivan Paperback �7.19
Rise Of Empire: The Riyria Revelations by Michael J Sullivan Paperback �6.89
Heir Of Novron: The Riyria Revelations by Michael J Sullivan Paperback �6.89

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

Rise Of Empire: The Riyria Revelations
› Michael J Sullivan

4.5 out of 5 stars (29)

Paperback

�6.89
Heir Of Novron: The Riyria Revelations
› Michael J Sullivan

4.8 out of 5 stars (33)

Paperback

�6.89
Den of Thieves (Ancient Blades Trilogy, Book 1)
› David Chandler

3.6 out of 5 stars (14)

Paperback

�5.99
Among Thieves: A Tale of the Kin (Tale of the Kin …
› Douglas Hulick

4.4 out of 5 stars (58)

Paperback

�5.66
A Thief in the Night (Ancient Blades …
David Chandler

4.0 out of 5 stars (5)

Paperback

�5.99
Honour Among Thieves (Ancient Blades …
David Chandler

4.3 out of 5 stars (3)

Paperback

�5.99

Product details

Paperback: 704 pages
Publisher: Orbit (3 Nov 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 035650106X
ISBN-13: 978-0356501062
Product Dimensions: 12.9 x 4.4 x 19.6 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (66 customer reviews)

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 9,575 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #13 in Books > Fantasy > Historical

Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

More About the Author

› Visit Amazon's Michael J. Sullivan Page

Discover books, learn about writers, and more.

Product Description

Review

One of the best traditional epic fantasies currently being published (FantasyBookCritic)

Well-written and enjoyable (SFSite.com)

I couldn't put it down ... This book is that good (SpeculativeFictionJunkie.com)

A swashbuckling fantasy; action, adventure and intrigue are its strong suits (FantasyLiterature.com)

Book Description

A fast-paced tale of treachery and adventure, sword fighting and magic, myth and legend.

See all Product Description

Inside This Book (Learn More)

Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt

What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?

Rise Of Empire: The Riyria Revelations by Michael J Sullivan Paperback
4.5 out of 5 stars (29)

�6.89

Heir Of Novron: The Riyria Revelations by Michael J Sullivan Paperback
4.8 out of 5 stars (33)

�6.89

Prince of Thorns (The Broken Empire, Book 1) by Mark Lawrence Paperback
4.0 out of 5 stars (167)

�3.85

King of Thorns (The Broken Empire, Book 2) by Mark Lawrence Paperback
4.5 out of 5 stars (63)

�3.85

› Explore similar items

Customer Reviews

2 star

4.3 out of 5 stars

4.3 out of 5 stars

Write a customer review

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

40 of 41 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly addictive and fun fantasy adventure 13 Nov 2011

By Stefan VINE™ VOICE

Format:Paperback

Theft of Swords is the first of three omnibus editions of Sullivan's Riyria Revelations. After considerable indie success, Orbit books bought the rights to give the series the full big-publisher treatment. I'd heard of the Riyria Revelations before, as they kept appearing in my Amazon recommendations. I bought the first book for my Kindle, but promptly forgot about it, much to my shame. Now that I've read this first pair of novels, I can tell you that Sullivan has a new fan for life.

The Crown Conspiracy, the first novel in the omnibus, is great fun from the get-go, as we are thrown right into some action, getting to know Hadrian and Royce extremely quickly. How can you not like a pair of rogues who advise the band of highwaymen trying to rob them on how better to have done it? The opening scenes are indicative of what is to come: the banter between our two main characters is superb and very natural. Hadrian and Royce feel like they have a proper, real friendship immediately. This makes reading of their adventures and exploits an absolute pleasure.

In The Crown Conspiracy, Hadrian and Royce get sucked into a greater plot concerning the succession to the throne of one of the Elan kingdoms - they are hired to steal a favourite sword of a master duellist, but in the process are framed for the murder of a king. There is plenty of misdirection, as we are kept guessing about who is at the heart of the conspiracy - other members of the royal family? The Nephron Church? The mysterious outlaw Esrahaddon? As our heroes delve further into the mystery, they discover the various forces arrayed against them will spare no expense to keep the truth hidden....

The second half of this omnibus, the novel Avempartha, has a slightly more serious tone, with fewer moments that made me laugh, but it is no less interesting, engaging and entertaining. It's a great quest adventure, as Hadrian and Royce are hired by a provincial girl to help protect their village from a mysterious beast that has been terrorising and eating the villagers. In the pursuit of this job, our two heroes are sent to steal yet another sword, under advisement from a surprise returning character from the first book. Clearly, no good can come from jobs involving a theft of swords...

Sullivan has a gift for characterisation, and he does a superb job of giving each of his characters distinct sensibilities, personalities and voices - even though the novel is not presented in a first-person narrative, when we follow a character, we get a good sense of their personalities in the way observations and description are written. For example, when a high-born lady meets with Hadrian and Royce, the ruder aspects of life in this world do not escape comment. Sometimes this effect is delivered with a single of observation; at other times, Sullivan even manages it with a single expertly-placed word.

He also has a good eye for portraying people, crowds, and the `mob' (to borrow Terry Pratchett's word) - it reminded me of Pratchett or Monty Python at their least nutty and most subtle. The novel has a delightful, sympathetic absurdity (see Myron, the monk librarian with an eidetic memory, who is perhaps one of the best comic characters I've ever read - so very endearing and amusing). As I mention above, this is more apparent in the first novel than the second.

There were so many passages of dialogue and observation that I wanted to quote here, to give you a taste of what to expect in these two novels, but I think that would have ultimately ruined a new reader's experience of discovering this story and the characters that populate it for themselves. Myron is the source of many of them. We liked Myron a lot, it should be stated.

"The smallest of the children fascinated Myron, and he watched them in amazement. They were like short drunk people, loud and unusually dirty..."

There are a few moments of fortuitous coincidence that help the plot move along (I couldn't help but mutter "Huh, that was handy" a couple of times), but we do move on so well and briskly that we don't really give a monkey's, as we're just having so much fun, and we really need to know what happens next. In Avempartha, the scenes where Arista, the Princess of Melengar and ambassador to the kingdom Hadrian and Royce find themselves in, tend to feel slower, dropping the momentum of the novel a little. This was a little disappointing, as the whole of The Crown Conspiracy was superbly streamlined.

Over the course of these two novels, Sullivan lays down a lot of groundwork for the larger story. We get more and more details about our heroes and the politics of this world - from the characters of the individual kingdoms, to the corrupt Imperialist politics of the Church. Some of this won't really come as too much of a surprise, as the reader will see hints of certain events and revelations that could be easily predicted. We meet a lot of characters who will clearly feature prominently throughout the six novels that make up the series. At the same time, Sullivan isn't afraid of killing off characters if the story requires it (Chapter 12 of Avempartha was quite distressing).

Anyone interested in lighter-hearted, but not frivolous fantasy should definitely read Sullivan's novels. The prose is superbly fluid, the dialogue is realistic, the plotting and narrative tight and expertly crafted. It will grab hold and pull you along, utterly willing.

With a classic and fun feel, I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and highly recommend it to all fans of fantasy. True, the second half isn't quite as good as the truly excellent first novel, but it's still very strong and promises more goodness to come.

I can't wait to get my hands on the second omnibus, Rise of Empire.

For fans of: Fritz Leiber, Ari Marmell, Scott Lynch, Will King, Nathan Long, Terry Pratchett Read more ›

1 Comment |

Was this review helpful to you?

Yes

40 of 43 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Cracking start to a real humdinger series 1 Nov 2011

By Gareth Wilson - Falcata Times Blog TOP 500 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE

Format:Paperback

I love a good fantasy that gives me something that not only invokes memories but also brings a new fantasy world and sneakiness to the fore. What this book by Michael J Sullivan does is bring together elements of Lieber's Fafhrd and Gray Mouser with the detailed and political machinations of Martin alongside the authors own style that really works well with the plotline.

The principle cast members are fun to be around, have great depth and flavour and when added to a plot that has the pace of a galloping horse, leaves the reader hanging on to find out what's going to happen next which when you add to this an epic subplot that will take some time to work through it will leave our heroes will have one hell of an arc to sort through as for them an armies worth of the brown stuff has just hit the fan. Cracking.

Finally just to help others avoid any confusion, this series released by Orbit is an amalgam of the previous released books and will work out like this:

* Theft of Swords: The Crown Conspiracy & Avempartha
* Rise of Empire: Nyphron Rising & The Emerald Storm
* Heir of Novron: Wintertide and Percepliquis

1 Comment |

Was this review helpful to you?

Yes

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars great fantasy 28 Dec 2011

By Said Sabbagh

Format:Paperback

i picked this book up at local book shop after l.earning about on mythic scribes forum.i love science fiction and fantasy genres so it grabbed my interest it written by fellow member Micheal Sullivan. he claims this book is the weakest of the trilogy. from what i have read if this is weak man the other books are superb. this book is definitely not weak at all. the two main protagonist are great and likable. i am very picky when i like to read and theft of swords i definitely recommend i will get the next book in the series soon BUY THIS BOOK NO DISAPPOINTMENT

Comment |

Was this review helpful to you?

Yes

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars At last! A brillaint fantasy. 15 Jan 2012

By Peter Miller VINE™ VOICE

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

Let's start off with a brief look at the book. A thief and a mercenary who have been a great team for years are tricked into a situation where they are accused of assassinating a king.From then on we have action, magic, politics and adventure. The three main characters are the thief and mercenary as already mentioned and a princess. These are the ones that the story follows.

AS the story progresses we learn more about each of these people and their backgrounds. Unlike the current trend the thief and mercenary are in fact honorable men, they are not sadistic or perverted but true heroes in the traditional mould. The Princess is a pretty strong character to start with and becomes tougher and better as the story unfolds.

The magic is quite mild, the politics are vital but not too complicated and we are not subjected to too much of that, it is more background and a reason for the story, the action is fast and exciting. The author also has the sense to give us periods of quite breathing space between the action which of course enhances the whole thing.

The way the books are put together is very interesting. Each volume of the Trilogy has two books in it and these are stand alone stories and yet each follows on from the previous one, thus covering major incidents in one long story.

While I am supposed to be reviewing the first book, I am half way through the second and the third is on its way.I read a lot of fantasy, a high percentage of the modern stuff goes straight to the Charity shops. This one is the best fantasy that I have read in many along year.

Comment |

Was this review helpful to you?

Yes

› See all 66 customer reviews (newest first) on Amazon.co.uk

Write a customer review

Would you like to see more reviews about this item?

› Go to Amazon.com to see all 293 reviews 4.5 out of 5 stars

Were these reviews helpful? Let us know

Most Recent Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars Good

Short and entertaining. You don't have to get caught up in world building which is a pleasant change in fantasy.

Published 4 days ago by Anon

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic!

I thought that it was a fantastic book! I really enjoyed this book and I would recommend it without hesitation.

Published 6 days ago by ....

5.0 out of 5 stars Way reading

Great book well written and very easy reading, I highly recommended it along with the other two books in the series.

Similarity written to the Brandon Sanderson books

Published 23 days ago by alex

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Read

This is an instant favourite for me. The main characters are very endearing, and you soon form a strong bond with them that enables you to share their fear for their survival. Read more

Published 1 month ago by Collers

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent

A brilliant read. Captivating characters, interesting plots. If it was on the stage you would be shouting out "No, that's the wrong way - over there!! Read more

Published 1 month ago by P. Munroe

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant read

Definitely worth a read. I'm now looking forward to starting the next book. I couldn't put this book down. Spot on.

Published 1 month ago by Des O Neill

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book

Read the series and want more. Great story line setting you up for a series that doesn't disappoint and keeps you reading.

Published 1 month ago by Jude Mac

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Series

Being an avid fan of the sci-fi and fantasy genre it may come as a surpsise that I have had no previous experience of this writer, despite being an avid reader for many many years. Read more

Published 2 months ago by JK

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Adventure

Any and all lovers of a good fantasy should read this one.
With the main characters not being the usual farm boy that has certain abilities, but a warrior and a thief with... Read more

Published 3 months ago by Leo C

5.0 out of 5 stars Theft of Swords

First book I have read by this Author and enjoyed it so much I could not wait to obtain the others in the series.

Published 3 months ago by veronica

.jsOffDisplayBlock { display: block; } .jsOffDisplayInline { display: inline; } .jsOffVisibility { visibility: visible; } .jsOnDisplayBlock { display: none; } .jsOnDisplayNoneBlock { display: block; } .jsOnDisplayNoneInline { display: inline; } .jsOnDisplayInline { display: none; } .jsOnVisibility { visibility: hidden; } .jqOnDisplayBlock { display: none; } .jqOnDisplayInline { display: none; } .jqOnVisibility { visibility: hidden; } .jqOnDisplayNoneBlock { display: block; } .jqOnDisplayNoneInline { display: inline; }

Customer Discussions

This product's forum

Discussion	Replies	Latest Post
No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight

Start a new discussion

Topic:

First post:

Receive e-mail when new posts are made

Prompts for sign-in

Guidelines

Active discussions in related forums

Discussion	Replies	Latest Post
fantasy discussion forum love urban fantasy/paranormal romance were the lead has a animal creature sidekick help please	13	8 hours ago
fantasy discussion forum I need a new fantasy novel (or series of novels.)	250	11 hours ago
fantasy discussion forum Bored with current fantasy books - looking for something original	204	13 hours ago
fantasy discussion forum Authors: please do not self-promote on this forum	3753	15 hours ago
fantasy discussion forum Indie Fantasy	280	16 hours ago
fantasy discussion forum anyone to match David Gemmell's storytelling?	103	20 hours ago
fantasy discussion forum New books needed!	7	2 days ago
fantasy discussion forum Suggest me a series!! No smut romance or kids books	93	2 days ago