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Take a Thief

Valdemar (Publication order) seriesbook 25Next:Exile's Honor(2002) →

Mercedes Lackey's triumphant return to the best-selling world of Valdemar, Take a Thiefreveals the untold story of Skif—a popular character from Lackey's first published novel, Arrows of the Queen.Skif was an orphan who would have died from malnutrition and exposure if he had never met Deke the pickpocket. By the time he was twelve, Skif was an accomplished cat burglar. But it wasn't until he decided to steal a finely tacked-out white horse, which was, oddly enough, standing unattended in the street, that this young thief discovered that the tables could turn on him—and that he himself could be stolen!

Audience
young adultadult
Length
long · 435 pages

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