City of Thieves

David Benioff's City Of Thieves is proof that a familiar plot, if told well, can be transformed into a compelling story. Two characters, one being the narrator, are thrown together are given a herculean task to perform in order to escape death. Without giving away the plot I had a general sense of what would happen to the characters early on in the story but read on because the author did an excellent job of creating characters worth caring about. It's a story that's been told a million times but the author has done it exceptionally well.