re: The Gentleman Bastards

I mean I'm pretty sure I have an idea about what is coming in a general sense. But i'm a bit of a nut about story structure and dissecting how different authors set up the flow of long series. Keep notebooks about the way people handled things that I enjoy and stuff from books and movies I see - i have a general story outline i've been working on for a while that I use the notes to help guide me in interesting directions.

Going to buy book 3 later today but my guesses on book 3 content - so potential spoilers below and some subtle references to book 1 and 2 stuff:














The bondsmagi will obviously be the main antagonists - I assume the Falconer has in fact figured out how to get around his newfound disabilities.

We finally get to meet Sabetha - was thinking it may happen in Book 2, but can't see why he would push it another book. He could play this a few ways that would make sense, fighting the bondsmagi, prisoner of the bondsmagi or somehow working with or being a bondsmagi.

I also think there is more to Lock Lamora than we are lead to believe. Hoping it isn't "noble lineage" but I would imagine he has to have some sort of magical or unknown abilities (best way for him to get out of the situation he was left in at the end of book 2).