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Title: Mafia and Con Men with a Magical Twist, even an Oliver Twist.
Review: This is really a book about organized crime. Think Al Capone. Or think some swanky British gangsta film, like "Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels", or "The Limey". Throw in a medieval backdrop built on the fossils of some alien race and you will understand the book's genre. A melange of everything.For those of you who are hell bent on magic, be forewarned, you'll find none until page 250 of the book. The author's pacing of the novel can be compared to a steam engine that has just left the train station at the top of the hill. The plot starts rather slow, but gets better and better and faster and faster.I highly recommend; especially to those who put up with the multiple story lines methodically found in Sanderson's "Elantris".
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