Swords and Deviltry

Swords and Deviltry Synopsis

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 Awardnominated ';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 Awardwinning novella ';Ill Met in Lankhmar,' Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser disguise themselves as beggars to infiltrate the Thieves' Guildonly to pay a horrible price for their greed when they come face-to-face with a monstrous evil.