Jimmy's youthful bravado and courage plunge him deep into the maw of chaos and death. But Jimmy is completely unprepared for what greets him.įor Lands End is home to others who tred the crooked path, and more, to a darker secret a dangerous presence unknown to even the local thieves and smugglers. Suspecting the rural villagers have never encountered a lad with his talent and nose for finding wealth - other peoples wealth, he's fairly optimistic about his broadening his horizons. Given the choice of disapearing on his own, or with the Upright Man's help - in a weighted barrel at the bottom of Krondor's harbour - Jimmy flees the only home he's ever known, and ventures south to the relatively safe haven of Lands End. But his situation gets worse when he blatantly disregards the Upright Man's instruction to lie-low in order to rescue his fellow Mockers from the cruel reprisal of the Dukes henchmen. Until the day he met Prince Arutha.Īiding the Prince in his rescue of Princess Anita from imprisonment by Duke Guy du Bas-Tyra, Jimmy ran afoul of Black Guy's secret police. Although gifted beyond his peers, he was still but a nimble street urchin, a pickpocket with potential. The sewers were his byways and a flea-ridden, rat infested cellar his home. And Jimmy's youthful bravado and courage will plunge him deep into the maw of chaos and even-if he isn't careful-death.Jimmy the Hand, boy thief of Krondor, lived in the shadows of the city.

But Jimmy is completely unprepared for what greets him.For Land's End is home to others who tread the crooked path, and more, to a much darker secret: a dangerous presence unknown even to the local thieves and smugglers. Suspecting that the rural villagers have never encountered a lad with his talent and nose for finding wealth-other people's wealth-he's fairly optimistic about his broadening horizons. Given the choice of disappearing on his own or in a weighted barrel at the bottom of Krondor's harbor, Jimmy flees the only home he's ever known, venturing south to the relatively safe haven of Land's End.

Until the day he met Prince Arutha.Aiding the Prince in his rescue of Princess Anita from imprisonment by Duke Guy du Bas-Tyra, Jimmy runs afoul of Black Guy's secret police. The sewers were his byways and a flea-ridden, rat-infested cellar his home. The third and final book in Legends of the Riftwar series, it details the story of Jimmy, a 13- to 16-year-old thief, who after aiding Prince Arutha and Princess Anita escape Krondor and running afoul of Guy Du Bas-Tyras secret police has fled south to the town of Lands End. Jimmy the Hand, boy thief of Krondor, lived in the shadows of the city. Jimmy the Hand is a fantasy novel by American writers Raymond E.

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