Thieves' World

This is the first of a new series of shared-world anthologies that continues Sanctuarys story with tales of necromancers and assassins, urchins and knaves, and of course the thieves who lurk in its alleys and shadows.This volume will include new stories by Raymond E. Feist, Dennis L. McKiernan, Mickey Zucker Reichert, Diana Paxson, Lynn Abbey and others.Sanctuary, a lawless city governed by evil forces, powerful magic, and political intrigue, where survival is an unexpected bonus.The Age of the Rankan reign of Kadakithis, the occupation of the Beysib, and even the erstwhile Renaissance are all in the past. It is years later and the heroes of the pastJubal, Tempus, Shadowspawn, and the Stormchildrenare memories, myth, and rumor.Now outsiders rule with an iron hand and a bloody dagger. Molin Torchholder, the secret guardian of the city, is dead, his mantle and staff secretly passed to another.But Sanctuary and its inhabitants carry on. The city has reached a turning point . . . and only the fates know where it will lead.

Editor Lynn Abbey is the co-creator of Thieves' World (with Robert Lynn Asprin). She is the author of Sanctuary, an epic novel of Thieves' World, and lives in Leesberg, Florida.