Gen and his companions journey through all three countries this book.Īlthough I fell for Gen immediately, and was told by many fellow readers that this series is amazing, I must admit that I was a bit skeptical through most of The Thief. Along with Sounis, this region includes the countries of Eddis and Attolia. But this world is Megan Whalen Turner's unique creation.

Gen lives in a land that very much resembles Greece, both in the landscape and the way the society has been constructed. Gen definitely earned his place on my list of favorite young male protagonists (Harry, Percy, Sage and Todd Hewitt are also on that list). He whines and complains, but is clearly intelligent and calculating about what he shares with the reader and the people he meets. I love that he is clever and brave but also very flawed. The magus wants Gen to steal a treasure for him, and Gen agrees (he really doesn't have much of a choice.). Luckily he gains gains the attention of the wise man or magus to the king of Sounis, in whose prisons he is being held. Unfortunately for him, he boasts about his abilities a little too loudly and lands himself in prison. Gen 'Eugenides' claims that he can steal anything. Their journey toward the treasure is both dangerous and difficult, lightened only imperceptibly by the tales they tell of the old gods and goddesses. What Gen is interested in is anyone's guess. The magus is interested only in the thief's abilities. To attain it for his king, he needs a skillful thief, and he selects Gen from the king's prison. The king's scholar, the magus, believes he knows the site of an ancient treasure.

The thief of attolia