Thumbs: Beasts & Thieves

by Andy Kirk

Fee is a small-time thief, perfectly at home on the rooftops or helping herself to whatever she wants on the streets of her city.

Her world is changing around her, war is coming and she must run away from her overprotective, social-climbing father who wants to turn her into a lady. She must also get beyond the reach of the sinister, demon worshipping Duke, who wants her to become his spy in his campaign to be king.

But, far from home, a city girl is exposed to strange, new experiences. Fee loses her only friend, then loses her way in the unfamiliar terrain of the mountains. She meets a monster, a dragon who tries to persuade her that it needs her help to reach its underground home. It wants to use her skills to fight its enemies, except it doesn’t know who its enemies are, yet. It also has a the bad habit of eating the people it wants help from.

She can never tell anyone what she sees or what she will be asked to do, because the dragon will kill anyone and everyone to keep himself and his kind a secret. Who would believe a thief like her, even if she could tell them?

And her friend? Life is much more complicated for him since he met Fee, he would have been much happier reading and copying books in his master’s library, but now he has to find a way to prove that he didn’t murder her. To add to his misery, there’s a gang of thieves after him and he needs to avoid being beheaded or incinerated by a maniac warlord.

Can they both reach home and what will be waiting for them when they get there?

Genres: Fantasy

338 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2018

About the author

Thumbs, Beasts & Thieves is Andy Kirk's first book in a trilogy about Fee and the world of Blessaeb. Making up tall stories for clients who own international brands has been an excellent apprenticeship for him, selling everything from chocolate biscuits and tea, to beer and mayonnaise. His ideas come from the places he visits and the fantastical things that he sees in nature, real life and from his keen interest in history. His head is full of useless information that he hopes will one day go into the melting pot for one of his stories.

Reviews

[Emma · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautifully written, great characterisation, pace and description throughout. I felt like I was right there on the adventure with all of the characters throughout and just wished I could jump right in and join them.

I rarely get a chance to just sit and read, reading this reminded me of the power of losing yourself in a book and new world and just how enjoyable that can be.

A really great first novel, I already look forward to reading the next book..

[Philippa kendall · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read!

[Nathan Forester · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a very enthralling book.