The Thief

By: Megan Whalen Turner

Published December 27th 2005 by Greenwillow Books (first published 1996)

Category: Arts

Pages: 280 pages

ISBN: 9780060824976

Description:
The king's scholar, the magus, believes he knows the site of an ancient treasure. To attain it for his king, he needs a skillful thief, and he selects Gen from the king's prison. The magus is interested only in the thief's abilities.

What Gen is interested in is anyone's guess. Their journey toward the treasure is both dangerous and difficult, lightened only imperceptibly by the tales they tell of the old gods and goddesses.