The Thief-Taker's Apprentice - La série

A teenage thief becomes a teenage assassin and must live with the consequences. Berren has lived in the city all his life. He has made his way as a thief, paying a little of what he earns to the Fagin like master of their band. But there is a twist to this tale of a thief. One day Berren goes to watch an execution of three thieves. He watches as the thief-taker takes his reward and decides to try and steal the prize. He fails. The young thief is taken. But the thief-taker spots something in Berren. And the boy reminds him of someone as well. Berren becomes his apprentice. And is introduced to a world of shadows, deceit and corruption behind the streets he thought he knew. Full of richly observed life in a teeming fantasy city, a hectic progression of fights, flights and fancies and charting the fall of a boy into the dark world of political plotting and murder this marks the beginning of a new fantasy series for all lovers of fantasy - from fans of Kristin Cashore to Brent Weeks.

Berren is not enjoying himself. Trapped in a temple, forced to learn how to read, how to write, and how to recall the histories of the Saints, all he wants is to be given a sword. As a thief-taker's apprentice he imagined a world of daring night-time chases, glorious victories, and a life of excitement. His dreams aren't quite coming true. So when a prince—the first and last prince he'll ever see—hires the thief-taker as a bodyguard, Berren is thrilled. When he hears that a troupe of Dragon Monks—exotic warriors and the best swordsmen in the world—are visiting, he sees an opportunity to learn how to fight. When one of the Monks turns out to be a girl of the same age, his future suddenly seems a lot brighter. But when a shadowy figure launches an attack on the life of Prince Sharda, Berren finds himself plunged into a world of danger, intrigue and terror. He may discover that being trained with a sword isn't enough—sometimes, you have to know who to fight. traduction : ( avec google traduction et corrigée en français ) Berren n'est pas en train de s'amuser. Piégé dans un temple, contraint à apprendre la religion mais aussi à lire et à écrire alors que tout ce qu'il veut, c'est de manier une épée. Comme un bon apprenti voleur, il a imaginé un monde d'audaces avec des nuits de poursuites ainsi que de glorieuses victoires . Ses rêves ne vont pas totalement se réalisés. Un prince arrive au temple avec une troupe de guerriers moines du dragon (les meilleurs épéistes dans le monde ). Il voit une opportunité pour apprendre à se battre et ainsi, le prince Sharda le prend comme garde du corps. Berren est ravie, de plus, lorsque l'un des moines se révèle être une jeune fille du même âge que Berren, celui-ci voit son avenir de façon beaucoup plus lumineuse. Mais tandis qu' une ombre lance une attaque sur la vie du prince Sharda, Berren se trouve plongé dans un monde de danger, d'intrigues et de terreur. Il va découvrir qu'être formé avec une épée ne suffit pas et que parfois, on doit savoir distingué l'ennemi de l'amie ... ( ce n'est pas une traduction exacte mais j'ai fais de mon mieux pour corriger les tournures de phrases en français ) .

Berren has left his past as an apprentice thief-taker behind him, in a mist of blood and screams and death. Press-ganged as a sailor, his old life is now just a distant memory. Until the day he spots someone who might well be his old master, Syannis, the man who killed Berren's first love. Syannis was thought dead, but he is a hard man to kill. As Berren chases down the man he believes to be an enemy, he finds himself caught up in a web of political machination and danger unlike anything he has encountered. For Syannis is a deposed prince, and he is willing to go to any lengths - including dealing with the black-hearted sorcerer Saffran Kuy - to regain his throne. As Berren struggles to understand his feelings towards Syannis and his mad quest, he slowly comes to realize that the world is going to war - and Berren is caught in the middle. Can he navigate a path through the dangers which surround him? Will he find a way to extricate himself from the sorcery and intrigue that follow him at every step? And who is destined to be the King's Assassin?