“Gods, when did we discover how easy it is to be cruel to one another?” This brings interesting implications to his dynamic with Jean, who is used to relying on Locke’s vicious intellect. On some level, he even wants out of the game.
Having done the work of avenging his fallen brothers, he is tired. He is older and (marginally) less cocky, but more fundamental than this is the fact that he now has different motivations and priorities. Having slaked his thirst for vengeance, Locke is a changed character. They come to this new adventure with the burden of some serious baggage.
There is a pleasing sense of continuity, in that whilst our antiheroes survived the perils of Camorr, Red Seas does not present them with a clean slate. A dynamic duo, seasoned in skulduggery, our boys are now men with battle scars. Locke and Jean are back, and they are no longer adolescent rogues. It’s just that it took a while for the magic of The Lies of Locke Lamorato fade – it needed to, if I was going to give the sequel a fair chance.Ī chunky 630 pages, Red Seas picks up two years after the events of the previous book. It’s not that I didn’t want to pick this novel up. I mention this to explain my long hesitation in getting to Red Seas Under Red Skies. Even if the sequels of such books are excellent reads in their own right, there is no avoiding a judgement based on comparison. The problem with the best books in any genre is that they set the bar incredibly, unreasonably high.
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