Swords and Deviltry (Lankhmar, #1) (Swords, #1) (Adventures of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, #1)

by Fritz Leiber

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The award-winning sword and sorcery classic that introduced Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, from a Grand Master of Science Fiction and Fantasy.

First in the influential fan-favorite series, Swords and Deviltry collects four fantastical adventure stories from Fritz Leiber, the author who coined the phrase “sword and sorcery” and helped birth an entire genre.
 
In “Induction,” in the realm of Nehwon, fate brings young prince Fafhrd and apprentice magician the Gray Mouser together to mark the beginning of a loyal and lifelong friendship. Consumed by his wicked mother’s enchantments, Fafhrd finds freedom by pursuing the love of a beautiful actress in the Nebula and Hugo Award–nominated “The Snow Women.” Studying sorcery under a great wizard in a land where it is forbidden, Mouse crosses the thin line between white and black magic to avenge a great wrong in “The Unholy Grail.” And in the Nebula and Hugo Award–winning novella “Ill Met in Lankhmar,” Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser disguise themselves as beggars to infiltrate the Thieves’ Guild—only to pay a horrible price for their greed when they come face-to-face with a monstrous evil.
 
 
  • ISBN10 1497699924
  • ISBN13 9781497699922
  • Publish Date 7 October 2014 (first published 31 December 1977)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Open Road Media
  • Imprint Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 160
  • Language English