Aux États-Unis.
Le 10 en Angleterre. Gollancz vient de le confirmer après avoir laissé entrevoir une annonce importante aujourd'hui à 14h. The Republic of Thieves, le troisième tome des aventures des Salauds Gentilshommes de Scott Lynch sera donc bien publié cette année, en 2013, alors que l'on commençait à se dire qu'il faudrait patienter jusqu'à l'année prochaine (l'auteur souffrant depuis plusieurs années de dépression). Mais Scott Lynch a maintenant rendu son manuscrit définitif à ses éditeurs (Gollancz donc et Random House de l'autre côté de l'Atlantique).
Ci-dessous, le communiqué officiel !

In THE REPUBLIC OF THIEVES, readers will reunite with con artist extraordinaire Locke Lamora—and meet the only female Gentleman Bastard. With what should have been the greatest heist of their career gone spectacularly sour, Locke and his trusted partner, Jean, have barely escaped with their lives. Or, at least, Jean has. But Locke is slowly succumbing to a deadly poison which no alchemist or physiker can cure. Yet just as the end is near, a mysterious visitor offers Locke an opportunity that will either save him or finish him off once and for all.
Simon Spanton, Deputy Publishing Director at Gollancz, said ‘Some of you will know about the real difficulties that gathered around this novel for Scott. I’d just like to take this opportunity to thank Scott for sticking with it. I know that he was always painfully aware of the delays and what those meant both for his publishers and his fans. So I’d also like to thank Scott’s readers for their patience and for the immense support and the profound goodwill towards Scott that they have shown during this time. It’s been a long wait but I have every faith that their patience will now be rewarded with The Republic of Thieves.