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The Gambler's Fortune: The Exhilarating Continuation of the Epic Fantasy Series Tales of Einarinn (The Tales of Einarinn, 3)

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Book details

  1. Book 3 of 5
    Tales of Einarinn
  2. Print length
    528 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    Harper Voyager
  5. Publication date
    July 31, 2001
  6. Dimensions
    4.19 x 1.06 x 6.75 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    0380819023
  8. ISBN-13
    978-0380819027
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Book overview

One A Thief...

The renowned theif Livak employed her great courage and cunning to escape the evil, mindbending sorcery of the Elietimm -- with the help of Ryshad, the noble swordsman who stole the beautiful bandit's heart. Now a fortune awaits her and her beloved, if Livak can secure a powerful, ancient, and forgotten magic that the Empire seeks to defend itself from its enemies.

But there are others who covet the secrets of these lost arts....

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One A Thief...

The renowned theif Livak employed her great courage and cunning to escape the evil, mindbending sorcery of the Elietimm -- with the help of Ryshad, the noble swordsman who stole the beautiful bandit's heart. Now a fortune awaits her and her beloved, if Livak can secure a powerful, ancient, and forgotten magic that the Empire seeks to defend itself from its enemies.

But there are others who covet the secrets of these lost arts....

About the Author

Juliet McKenna has been interested in fantasy stories since childhood, from Winnie the Pooh to The Iliad. An abiding fascination with other worlds and their peoples played its part in her subsequently reading Classics at St. Hilda's College, Oxford. After combining bookselling and motherhood for a couple of years, she now fits in her writing around her family and visa versa.She lives with her husband and children in West Oxfordshire, England. The Gambler's Fortune is Juliet Mckenna's third novel, following The Swordsman's Oath and The Thief's Gamble.

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Juliet E McKenna is a British fantasy author living in the Cotswolds, UK. Loving history, myth and other worlds since she first learned to read, she has written fifteen epic fantasy novels so far. Her debut, The Thief’s Gamble, began The Tales of Einarinn in 1999, followed by The Aldabreshin Compass sequence, The Chronicles of the Lescari Revolution, and The Hadrumal Crisis trilogy. The Green Man’s Heir was her first modern fantasy inspired by British folklore in 2018, and The Green Man’s Quarry in 2023 is the sixth title in this ongoing series.

Her 2023 novel The Cleaving is a female-centred retelling of the story of King Arthur, while her shorter stories include forays into dark fantasy, steampunk and science fiction. She promotes SF&Fantasy by reviewing, by blogging on book trade issues, attending conventions and teaching creative writing. She has served as a judge for major genre awards. As J M Alvey, she has written historical murder mysteries set in ancient Greece.

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4.3 out of 5 stars
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5.0 out of 5 starsVerified Purchase
Great story, too many typos
Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2017
I love this story, but it is plagued by a number of typos. The sense of the plot isn't lost, but it ruins the flow.
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Why must there be a title?
Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2022
It's good to be back with Livka, and get to know her mountain man friends, who are a delight to read, if a handful to know! McKenna's habitually thorough research makes the exploration of Mountain Folk and Forest Folk cultures an interesting excursion blessedly free of... See more
It's good to be back with Livka, and get to know her mountain man friends, who are a delight to read, if a handful to know! McKenna's habitually thorough research makes the exploration of Mountain Folk and Forest Folk cultures an interesting excursion blessedly free of stereotype, though it does get a bit road trip-y.
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Great Book Find!
Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2013
Bought this book for someone that loves this series. I was so pleased to find it and the others in the series all in one place and at such a great price!
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rather bored and didn’t finish.
Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2024
I really don’t care for how the author introduces characters and doesn’t connect them till the likely the end. I was so bored reading about the new characters I couldn’t finish this story. After I really enjoyed the first book, i purchased all in this series and don’t want... See more
I really don’t care for how the author introduces characters and doesn’t connect them till the likely the end. I was so bored reading about the new characters I couldn’t finish this story. After I really enjoyed the first book, i purchased all in this series and don’t want to read them.
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Four Stars
Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2015
I've gotten into this series. There are a number of interesting characters and an ongoing threat of danger
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great series
Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2013
Get the whole set of books, you will not be able to put them down. I have my whole family reading them.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2016
Great story, different than others in its genre.
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Lib Locke
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Tales of Forest Folk and Mountain Men
Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2003
With each new installment, McKenna's reason for subtitling her series as "tales of Einarinn" becomes increasingly evident: the world itself shares center stage with events and characters. There's ample action in The Gambler's Fortune, but like its predecessors it's best... See more
With each new installment, McKenna's reason for subtitling her series as "tales of Einarinn" becomes increasingly evident: the world itself shares center stage with events and characters. There's ample action in The Gambler's Fortune, but like its predecessors it's best appreciated by readers whose taste for adventure includes a hunger to explore new places and cultures in addition to a thirst for intrepid exploits.
Livak has returned as first-person narrator, like a welcome breath of fresh air. She seems much more natural than currently-absent associate and lover Ryshad. Maybe that's the nature of her personality, or maybe a female point of view just comes more naturally to McKenna. Livak's storyline is intercut with three others told in third-person: an in-depth view of life among the Mountain Men, or Anyatimm, as they call themselves; the most revealing look to-date at the elusive Elietimm; and glimpses of Archmage Planir's ongoing machinations back in Hadrumal.
Livak has entered the pay of Messire D'Olbriot, Ryshad's patron prince, who continues to pool resources with Planir against the Elietimm. One thing they've learned is that the ancient magic now being called "Artifice" is deeply rooted in the oldest races still living on Einarinn. Livak has convinced D'Olbriot to send her on a fact-finding mission among two of those reclusive groups, with wizard Usara along to represent Planir. Figuring her mixed blood will gain entrée among the Forest Folk, she recruits a pair of old friends, brothers Sorgrad and Sorgren, to help with the Mountain Men. She's angling for a discovery big enough to net a fortune in bonus money from D'Olbriot and Planir. Incidentally, she expects her quest to take her well away from further confrontation with the Elietimm, but there she's proven abysmally wrong. In fact, while the most obvious "gambler's fortune" here is Livak's hoped-for bonus, the book's title applies equally well to her changing fortunes on the road.
The time among the Forest Folk is interesting, productive, and not without its tense moments, but the Mountain Men really drive The Gambler's Fortune. Livak has remarked in previous books on the strong resemblance between the Elietimm and her friends Sorgrad and Sorgren. The storylines here tie both peoples firmly together. Through the Anyatimm, McKenna also tells a tale with echoes common to aboriginal peoples of any time or place: heedlessly overrun and gradually supplanted by empire-building outsiders. She declines to let the blame be entirely one-sided, however; if the Anyatimm are indeed doomed, it's due as much to their own tradition-bound inflexibility as to outside influences.
As always, McKenna's writing is rich and colorful. Her characters continue to evolve. She's settled into a measured pace rather slower than some readers might prefer, but there's plenty to see along the way between crises. The incidence of minor basic writing glitches has increased slightly since McKenna's first book, but that's fairly common and not particularly noticeable here. The Gambler's Fortune leaves readers with much to think about and even more to look forward to.
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Mina
5.0 out of 5 starsVerified Purchase
The POV is back to Livak in this installment
Reviewed in Germany on August 6, 2024
Note: the five books of the „Tales of Einarinn“ rely heavy on each other story-wise and follow common overarching story arcs. So it makes sense to read them in the intended order. Review After following Ryshad and his misadventures in the previous installment, we’re back...See more
Note: the five books of the „Tales of Einarinn“ rely heavy on each other story-wise and follow common overarching story arcs. So it makes sense to read them in the intended order. Review After following Ryshad and his misadventures in the previous installment, we’re back with Livak, gambler, sometimes thief and now looking for a way to establish a financially independent future with Ryshad. Which is why she is on her way to visit both the Folk of the Forest (where her father hailed from) and the Anyatim, the mountain folk. She has a book with old songs with her and suspects that they and their rhymes have something to do with the Elietimm‘s strange magic. Artifice as it is now called. So she wants to investigate with the peoples that should have knowledge of that lore. She expects both Archmage and Ryshad‘s master Messire D‘ Olbriot to pay handsomely for a working key to Artifice. She has to content with Usara, a mage who is the opposite of „world wise“ and even good old Darnk at some point, but she although Ryshad again isn’t with her, she has friends with her, Sorgrad and Sorgren, mountain men themselves, and mercenary and gambling buddies of Livak‘s. Sorgrad and ’Gren are interesting and very entertaining characters, and both their backstories and their insights into the mountain culture adds flavor to the world. While the motley crew investigate and enter said new cultures, there are more POVs. There is Planir, the Archmage, and two antagonists working against Livak (or mostly, working for themselves and having goals that clash hard with Livak and her allies‘). The plot is cool, shows new interesting aspects of the world and I have to add that the author is very good at creating an immersive world and fitting story. By fitting each an every saying or phrase to the ways of the world there for example, there is never a slip and I greatly appreciate that. World building is awesome!

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 22, 2015
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Sergio Nogueira
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One of the best swords and sorcery sagas I know
Reviewed in France on October 15, 2013
Juliet E. McKenna is, to my mind, an undervalued jewel. Her writing is vivid, crisp and rich, and the story holds water much better than many, with interesting characters that really take to life. I put her right up there with Robin Hobb and George R.R. Martin.

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Fascinating read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 15, 2022
This volume was somehow not quite as gripping as the first two. Somehow the urge to find out what happens next was not quite as strong. For all that mostly fascinating especially the diplomatic wrangling of the wizards. I found the mountain mens characters hard to like,...See more
This volume was somehow not quite as gripping as the first two. Somehow the urge to find out what happens next was not quite as strong. For all that mostly fascinating especially the diplomatic wrangling of the wizards. I found the mountain mens characters hard to like, further on I realised why. Readers will too.

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Good story but slow to get going.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 21, 2014
The story seemed slow to get going. Certainly more plodding than earlier books in the series. Quite enjoyable but not up to the standard of her earlier work.

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