The A'Rak
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HAD THE SPIDER-GOD TO But beneath Hagia's ancient bargain with the A'Rak lay the direst danger. That mercenary kingdom had mortgaged its soul in its pact with the giant arachnoid. When the note fell due, death of the most hideous kind awaited the multitudes of that affluent and bustling nation. As Hagia's debt falls due, two foreigners arrive in Big Quay, her capital: Lagademe and her team, foremost among the world's Nunciosdeliverers of anything to anywhereand Nifft the Lean, thief and rogue extraordinaire. Nifft and Lagademe, strangers to one another at the outset, will soon be struggling side by side for their livesand a nation's survivalagainst the most hideous foe in the annals of Sword and Sorcery fiction. [Shea combines] the exotic style of Jack Vance plus the ingenuity of Fritz Leibers Gray Mouser stories to produce an extravagant quest novel. The Encyclopedia of Fantasy . . . dark, hallucinatory . . . impressive work. The Science Fiction Source Book Cover art by Gary Ruddell |
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This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental. First printing, October 2000 Distributed by Simon & Schuster Printed in the United States of America |
ISBN: 0-671-31947-7Copyright © 2000 by Michael Shea All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form. A Baen Books Original Typeset by Brilliant Press Electronic version by WebWrights |
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HAGIA'S VAULTS 