A Quest for Simbilis Author:Michael Shea In the last days of the dying Earth... — Cugel the Clever was seeking revenge when he met Mumber Sull who was seeking justice. Revenge and justice may seem phantom concepts when the sun may flicker and go out at any moment, but such is the eternal nature of man as it has always been since the dawn of time. — Mumber Sull owed his loyalty to the lon... more »g-vanished overlord Simbilis, whose knowledge and science were legendary, whose domains had extended over vast terrain, and whose whereabouts had been lost for centuries. He persuaded Cugel that if they could but find Simbilis, they would both gain their just rewards.
The story of their quest for Simbilis is a marvel fantasy of adventure and wonder millions of years from now, on the Dying Earth that Jack Vance first described and which has now, by permission, been further chronicled by Michael Shea.« less