Shadows of Sanctuary Author:Robert Asprin (Editor) The Thieves' World continues! This anthology of stories edited by Robert Asprin, is third in the "Sanctuary" series, following "Thieves World" and "Tales from the Vulgar Unicorn". Seven fantasy writers, including Robert Asprin, Lynn Abbey, Andrew Offutt, Vonda McIntyre, Janet Morris and others have written the stories of those who live and die i... more »n the world of "Sanctuary". Stories of wizards, bodyguards, fishermen, burglars, painters, dancers, and mercenaries living in Thieves' world.
In the beginning there was "Thieves' World", a books so popular that it earned a panel all its own at the World Science Fiction Convention.
Then came "Tales from the Vulgar Unicorn", letting even more fantasy authors get their hands on characters created by their friends- and riding high on the "Locus" best-seller list for three months.
And now, Shadows of Sanctuary. Sanctuary, the meanest, seediest town in all of fantasy, has captured the imaginations of some of the most popular writers in all of fantasy. Join them, and the characters you came to love in the previous books, in this third volume of the most unique series in science fiction.« less
A really good collection of tales set in Asprin and Abbey's THIEVES' WORLD. Stories by Vonda McIntyre, C.J, Cherryh, Robert Asprin, Andrew Offutt, Diana Paxson, Lynn Abbey, Janet Morris, and an essay by Lynn Abbey