Liar's Bargain

Liar's Bargain, a Pathfinder Tales novel by Tim Pratt, was released in June 2016. It is the sequel to Pratt's previous novels, Liar's Blade and Liar's Island.

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Who Are You Calling Expendable?

When caught stealing in the crusader nation of Lastwall, veteran con man Rodrick and his talking sword Hrym expect to weasel or fight their way out of punishment. Instead, they find themselves ensnared by powerful magic, and given a choice: serve the cause of justice as part of a covert team of similarly bound villains, or die horribly. Together with their criminal cohorts, Rodrick and Hrym settle in to their new job of defending the innocent, only to discover that being a secret government operative is even more dangerous than a life of crime.
From Hugo Award winner Tim Pratt comes a tale of reluctant heroes and plausible deniability, set in the award-winning world of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game.

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Characters

Liar's Bargain features the following characters:

Maps	8	18. A Dialogue	159
1. A River Crossing	11	19. Dissenting Voices	168
2. A Journey on Horseback	18	20. Taking Initiative	175
3. A Conversation Through Bars	27	21. Totenmaske	185
4. The Volunteers Assembled	40	22. The Necklace	193
5. Team-Building	48	23. A Desperate Offer	201
6. A Briefing	56	24. A Family Heirloom	209
7. Field Tested	64	25. A Family Reunion	218
8. The Deep Woods	74	26. The Interdicted Library	225
9. An Island in a Lake	83	27. A Special Collection	233
10. Bannerman	93	28. A Rescue	241
11. Rousing the Rabble	100	29. The Convincer	248
12. A Voyage to Tamran	111	30. The Wrong Side of the Bars	257
13. A Border Crossing	121	31. True Forms	264
14. A Red Plume	129	32. Shattered	272
15. Privateering	137	About the Author	279
16. A Political Prisoner	144	Acknowledgements	281
17. An Excess of Conscience	152	Glossary	283

Paizo published Chapter Three in the Paizo Blog as a sample chapter from the novel.

Tor Books published a "sneak peek" of Chapter 3 "Tall Cliffs and Sea Caves" from Starspawn by Wendy N. Wagner on pp. 289ff.

Index

Plot summary

Chronology

The events of this novel occur a few months after the events of the novel Liar's Island.¹⁰

External links

James L. Sutter discussed Liar's Bargain, and humour in fantasy novels, in the Paizo Blog during June 2016.

Artwork

This is a clean version of the artwork for the cover of Liar's Bargain:

Clean version of the cover for Liar's Bargain

References

For additional as-yet unincorporated sources about this subject, see the Meta page.

↑ Creature: carnivorous plants p. 95
↑ names of crusader party in first three chapters: priest, captain, and spear-carrier
↑ name of crusaders in Chapter 3: Bastion official, chirurgeon
↑ Item: burrowing ruby in Chapter 3^S
↑ Item: magical bracelet p. 70 / "bracelet of linked arrows" p. 85
↑ Item: bladed parasol p. 79
↑ Item: cloak p. 157, possibly cloak of elvenkind
↑ Spell: Bannerman's scroll spell p. 149
↑ Spell: "sorcerous perimeter" p. 86
↑ Tim Pratt. Liar's Bargain, 12. Tor Books, 2016

[1] Creature: carnivorous plants p. 95

[2] s of crusader party in first three chapters: priest, captain, and spear-carrier

[3] rusaders in Chapter 3: Bastion official, chirurgeon

[4] Item: burrowing ruby in Chapter 3^S

[5] Item: magical bracelet p. 70 / "bracelet of linked arrows" p. 85

[6] Item: bladed parasol p. 79

[7] Item: cloak p. 157, possibly cloak of elvenkind

[8] Spell: Bannerman's scroll spell p. 149

[9] Spell: "sorcerous perimeter" p. 86

[liar-s-bargain-12-10] Tim Pratt. Liar's Bargain, 12. Tor Books, 2016

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