It has been a long time coming, but my Sly Cooper book is officially released! It is called Sly Cooper 5: Promises Made By Thieves, and it is available online for free!
I became a Sly Cooper fan after the release of the movie trailer in 2014, a movie that never panned out. That was also a year after Sly Cooper: Thieves In Time was released, and I played and fell in love with the whole series. In the years since, I’d been anticipating a fifth game, but it never happened. Then in 2021, I came up with a story idea that would finish Sly’s journey, and I decided, if the owners of the franchise weren’t going to resolve their cliffhanger, I’ll do it myself.
And here’s a book description!
It has been three months since thief mastermind Sly Cooper vanished into time with a broken time machine and no trace or hint to his whereabouts. His gang, Bentley and Murray, and complicated love interest Carmelita, have had to begin swallowing their hope of his return when all leads run dry. But one of the Cooper gang’s old associates is finally getting out of prison, and strange postcards from a traitor of the group are beginning to hint at a legitimate trail. From old and new members to a separated Sly, the Cooper gang will be swooped up on another adventure across the world – and through time – that will change them in ways they never could have imagined.
The book is currently available on Tapas here, and Wattpad here.
I wrote the manuscript between May 2021 to January of 2022, and spent January of 2022 till March of 2023 making over 200 illustrations to add to the story. I also spent over a year and a half getting the story voiced by 12 different voice actors!
The book is currently being uploaded to YouTube right now. Here is the trailer and the first episode:
Chapter 1:
If you like, check out some of the illustrations from the book!
William J. McGinn 