In addition to the official anthologies, several authors published novels set in Thieves' World. Over time, a number of the characters in the series are revealed either to be the offspring of or otherwise blessed by various figures in the pantheons of the competing deities, and they discover or develop various powers as the series progresses.įirst published in 1979, the series went on hiatus in 1989 after the twelfth anthology. As the series continues, additional invasions occur, and the city is taken over by the snake-worshipping Beysib as the Rankan empire collapses. The city is depicted as a place where many are downtrodden and where the invading Rankan gods and the Ilsigi gods they had ousted begin a struggle for dominance. Thieves' World is set in the city of Sanctuary at the edge of the Rankan Empire. The original series comprised twelve anthologies, including stories by science fiction authors Poul Anderson, John Brunner, Andrew J. Thieves' World is a shared world fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin in 1978.
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