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 indeed the erstwhile Renaissance are all in the past. It is years later and the heroes of the past, Jubal, Tempus,Shadowspawn, and the Stormchildren, are memories,myth, and rumor. New outsiders are ruling with an iron hand and a bloody dagger. Molin Torchholder, the secret guardian of the city is now dead, his mantle and staff secretly passed to another.

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 indeed the erstwhile Renaissance are all in the past. It is years later and the heroes of the past, Jubal, Tempus,Shadowspawn, and the Stormchildren, are memories,myth, and rumor. New outsiders are ruling with an iron hand and a bloody dagger. Molin Torchholder, the secret guardian of the city is now dead, his mantle and staff secretly passed to another.

.. but Sanctuary and its inhabitants carry on.

It is a turning point for the city, and this is the first of a new series of shared world anthologies that continues its story with tales of necromancers and assassins, urchins and knaves, and of course, thieves.

LYNN ABBEY

Introduction

MICKEY ZUCKER REICHERT

Home Is Where the Hate Is

ANDREW OFFUTr

Role Model

"DIANA L. PAXSON

The'Prisoner in the Jewel

SELINA ROSEN

Ritual Evolution

DENNIS L. MCKmRNAN

Duel.

ROBIN WAYNE BAILEY

Ring of Sea and Fire

JonY LYNN NYE

Doing the Gods' Work

LYNN ABBEY

The Red Lucky

JEFF GRUBB

Apocalypse Noun

RAYMOND E. FEIST

One to Go

LYNN ABBEY

Afterword