Lex Trent Versus The Gods
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- 3,99 €
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- 3,99 €
Description de l’éditeur
A quirky and original comic fantasy from talented Gollancz author Alex Bell
Law student Lex Trent's world is inhabited by fearsome magicians, ageing crones and a menagerie of Gods and Goddesses. And while Lex is seemingly dedicated to his legal studies he's always enjoyed a challenge - which is why he leads a double life as the notorious cat burglar 'The Shadowman' who has been (luckily) evading capture for years.
But Lex's luck is about to run out because the Goddess of Fortune has selected him to be her player in the highly dangerous Games. Losing is not an option for Lex (particularly as it so often involves dying) but can he really win each of the perilous rounds? Given that the reward for doing so is money, fame and glory - all things that Lex is quite keen on - he's going to do whatever it takes to make sure he will... and he's certainly got good experience of cheating.
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Bell evokes Peter Pan in this merry madcap tale of law student and cat burglar Lex Trent. At age 17, Lex is a talented cheat with Lady Luck on his side... usually. The amoral scammer is forced to join forces with upright lawyer Montgomery Schmidt, and they bicker their way through a world of dour enchanters, Binding Bracelets, a human turned into a ferret, and talking trees until they become caught up in a no-rules game of the gods in which Lex must contend with his twin brother, Lucius. This confrontation prepares Lex's character development as he begins to cooperate with Schmidt, learns to fear, and reflects on his past. Bell evokes classical mythology when a final attempt at knavery sends Lucius to the Lands Beneath. Lex reluctantly but convincingly manifests moral responsibility, sympathy, and respect, and his prankish impulses aid his triumph in this lighthearted inversion of the typical faerie quest.
