Return of the Thief

By: Megan Whalen Turner

Narrated by: Steve West

“A bravura performance by one of our finest writers.”—The Horn Book (starred review)

“This series finale has everything readers could hope for from a conclusion 20 years in the making.”— School Library Journal (starred review)

The thrilling, twenty-years-in-the-making conclusion to the New York Times–bestselling Queen’s Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner. The epic novels set in the world of the Queen’s Thief can be read in any order.

This beloved and award-winning series began with the acclaimed novel The Thief. It and four more stand-alone volumes bring to life a world of epics, myths, and legends, and feature one of the most charismatic and incorrigible characters of fiction, Eugenides the thief. Now more powerful and cunning than ever before, Eugenides must navigate a perilous future in this sweeping conclusion. Perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo, Marie Lu, Patrick Rothfuss, and Sarah J. Maas.

Neither accepted nor beloved, Eugenides is the uneasy linchpin of a truce on the Lesser Peninsula, where he has risen to be high king of Attolia, Eddis, and Sounis. As the treacherous Baron Erondites schemes anew and a prophecy appears to foretell the death of the king, the ruthless Mede empire prepares to strike.

The New York Times–bestselling Queen’s Thief novels are rich with political machinations, divine intervention, dangerous journeys, battles lost and won, power, passion, and deception.

“The Queen’s Thief books awe and inspire me. They have the feel of a secret, discovered history of real but forgotten lands. The plot-craft is peerless, the revelations stunning, and the characters flawed, cunning, heartbreaking, exceptional. Megan Whalen Turner’s books have a permanent spot on my favorites shelf, with space waiting for more books to come.”—Laini Taylor, New York Times-bestselling author of the Daughter of Smoke and Bone novels and Strange the Dreamer

""Unforgettable characters, plot twists that will make your head spin, a world rendered in elegant detail—you will fall in love with every page of these stories. Megan Whalen Turner writes vivid, immersive, heartbreaking fantasy that will leave you desperate to return to Attolia again and again.""—Leigh Bardugo, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom

""Megan Whalen Turner has constructed a clever world filled with suspense and intrigue and characters that will never be forgotten. Once you dive into the world of the Queen's Thief, prepare to have your life stolen from you until you finish them all."" —Joelle Charbonneau, New York Times–bestselling author of the Testing trilogy

“Megan Whalen Turner's Queen’s Thief books are like the characters she creates: endlessly entertaining, deeply deceptive, and very, very clever.”—Garth Nix, New York Times–bestselling and award-winning author of the Old Kingdom, Keys to the Kingdom, and Seventh Tower series

Another fantastic addition to the series.

I could not let the book pause. Gripping, enchanting and fast paced. It's amazing how the threads that were woven across the series have set this story in motion. Our leading characters, especially Gen, has developed and matured greatly. Every small character was important in their own way. I loved and Pheris' and his perspective.
The narrator did great job voicing the many many voices across the book.

Six stars - worth breaking the rating system for

I have thoroughly enjoyed this series since discovering The Thief in my elementary school library, and this ending is as fitting as every word I have read of Megan Whalen Turner. I am astounded at how she makes so many characters so relatable in such different ways, but Ferric lives up to his brief intro in Thick As Thieves and I loved the return of all the other characters, fittingly despicable and sad as Nehusareh and Ion Nomenus ended up. It’s such a bittersweet feeling having run through this end to the series, but I look forward to many more read-throughs of my favorite series.

The ending we deserved

This book was the cherry on top of the series. I’m happy we got to see more of the boy Eugenedies and that there were more twists!

Most excellent!

I love this entire series and while this wasn't my favorite in the series, I non the less enjoyed it greatly. The way the author ties it up at the end was brilliant. Steve West is one of my favorite narrators and listening to it was a fun, engaging experience!

A Most Satisfying Conclusion

A heartbreaking and exhilarating ending to one of my favorite series. Makes me want to reread the whole series immediately!