Thieves World Book #07
The Dead of Winter
Edited by Robert Lynn Asprin
CONTENTS
Dramatis Personae Lynn Abbey
Introduction Robert Lynn Asprin
Hell to Pay Janet Morris
The Veiled Lady,
or A Look at the Normal Folk Andrew Offutt
The God-Chosen Lynn Abbey
Keeping Promises Robin W. Bailey
Armies of the Night C. J. Cherryh
Down by the Riverside Diane Duane
When the Spirit Moves You Robert Lynn Asprin
The Color of Magic Diana L. Paxson
Afterword Andrew Offutt
Dramatis Personae
The Townspeople:
Ahdiovizun; Ahdiomer Viz; Ahdio
Proprietor of Sly’s Place, a legendary dive within the Maze.
Lalo the Limner
Street artist gifted with magic he does not fully understand.
Gilla His indomitable wife.
Alfi Their youngest son.
Latilla Their daughter.
Vanda Their daughter.
Wedemir Their son and eldest child.
Dubro Bazaar blacksmith and husband to Illyra.
Illyra Half-blood S’danzo seeress with True Sight.
Arton Their son, marked by the gods and magic as part of an
emerging divinity known as the Storm Children.
Hakiem Storyteller and confidant extraordinaire.
Harran Overworked surgeon for the false Stepsons and one-time priest of the
nearly forgotten goddess, Siveni.
Jubal Prematurely aged former gladiator. Once he openly ran Sanctuary’s most
visible criminal organization, the Hawkmasks. Now he works behind the
scenes.
Kurd Vivisectionist slain by Tempus upon whom he had performed some of his
viler experiments.
Lastel; One Thumb Proprietor of the Vulgar Unicorn. Betrayed by local
magicians, he spent a small eternity in death’s embrace. Freed when Cime