If you loved how Amaranthe sketches out meticulous schemes—then revises them on the fly when things go sideways with Sicarius, Maldynado, and the rest—The Lies of Locke Lamora delivers that same rush. Locke and his Gentleman Bastards run multi-layered cons with backup plans upon backup plans, all while navigating a perilous criminal underworld. The witty bickering within the crew, the moral gray lines they’re willing to cross, and the jaw-dropping reversals will scratch the exact itch you got from those Imperial-city infiltrations and last-minute pivots.

In The Emperor’s Edge, you were hooked by Amaranthe’s struggle to keep young Emperor Sespian alive amid conspiracies. The Goblin Emperor plunges you directly into that kind of courtly minefield as Maia, an unexpected heir, fights to survive assassination plots, poisonous etiquette, and backroom deals. While the pace is more court-chamber than street chase, the intricate politicking, gentle humor, and ultimately hopeful tone echo the protect-the-emperor stakes that drove Amaranthe’s early missions.

If the best part for you was watching Amaranthe, Sicarius, Books, Maldynado, Akstyr, and Basilard morph from uneasy allies into a tight-knit unit, Kings of the Wyld hits that found-family heartbeat hard. A once-legendary crew gets the gang back together for an impossible rescue, and the camaraderie, loyalty tests, and "we’ve-got-your-back" heroics will remind you of those moments when Amaranthe’s team risks everything because the others are theirs.

You laughed through the danger in The Emperor’s Edge—the quips during stakeouts, Maldynado’s one-liners, the dry asides even with assassins on the roof. Clockwork Boys keeps that tone: a disgraced paladin, a forger, and other reluctant specialists are sent on a near-suicidal mission to investigate unstoppable clockwork war‑machines. The squad’s banter, awkward almost-romances, and gallows humor thread through every infiltration and narrow escape much like Amaranthe’s crew cracking wise while everything explodes.

If you enjoyed backing a principled ex-enforcer who recruits an assassin and other dubious talents to do the right thing the wrong way, The Palace Job is your next stop. Loch assembles a skyship crew of thieves, con artists, and mages to rip off a tyrant—think Amaranthe’s ethics-meets-expediency approach, with slick break-ins, disguise work, and clever cons. The team’s competing motives, rapid-fire wit, and lines they won’t (quite) cross echo the morally tangled heroics that made Amaranthe and Sicarius so compelling.