If you loved following Slate, Brenner, and the rest of the not-exactly-virtuous crew as they hauled a doomed mission toward Anuket with more grit than piety, you’ll click with the Gentleman Bastards. The Lies of Locke Lamora gives you audacious capers, razor-edged banter, and rogues whose loyalties run deeper than their morals—much like Slate trusting a disgraced paladin with a demon-haunted past. The stakes get personal, the plans get messy, and the charm never lets up.

Enjoyed the dry cracks Slate makes when everything goes sideways, Brenner’s deadpan menace, and the way Caliban and Learned Edmund undercut grim moments with wry asides? The Blacktongue Thief ladles on that same pitch-black wit. Kinch Na Shannack narrates his disasters with irreverent charm as he’s strong‑armed into a perilous quest alongside a taciturn knight and deadly companions. Expect knife fights, monsters, and jokes exactly when you shouldn’t be laughing—very much like joking about “clockwork boys” while they’re still trying to kill you.

If the clear objective in Clockwork Boys—trekking into enemy lands to uncover how the clockwork siege engines work—kept you turning pages, you’ll love the propulsion of The Tainted Cup. Scribe Dinios Kol teams with brilliant investigator Ana Dolabra to unravel impossible murders linked to engineered creatures, each clue driving the next move the way Slate’s crew pushes toward Anuket. It’s brisk, clue‑forward fantasy where every chapter feels like one more step deeper into the mechanism.

Haunted by the relentless, near‑unstoppable “clockwork boys”? The Mechanical dives headlong into that menace. Jax, a sentient clockwork servitor bound by alchemical geasa, navigates a world where intricate gears and brass aren’t quaint—they’re terrifying. As Slate’s crew tries to understand what powers the clocktaurs, Tregillis shows you the inside of the machine and asks what it means when the mechanism fights back. It’s the same chill of facing engineered perfection with only wit and will.

If you were won over by the way Slate, Caliban, Brenner, and Learned Edmund evolve from uneasy allies into something like a family—watching each other’s backs even when tempers flare—Kings of the Wyld will hit the same sweet spot. Clay Cooper bands together an aging crew for a rescue run through a monster‑packed wilderness, and the camaraderie, bickering, and ride‑or‑die loyalty echo that Clockwork Boys bond forged on the road to Anuket.