TALES OF THIEVES AND WARRIORS, WRITTEN BY FAN FAVORITES!
FIND THE MARK
The dragons hoard. The dwarves hidden mine. The mages secret library overflowing with enchanted relics. The world is brimming with treasuresif youre bold enough to claim them.
PLAN THE JOB
Waltzing in with a broadsword and demanding the crown jewels? Thats a fast track to the dungeon. A true master thief needs a strategyone with style, cunning, and just the right amount of risk.
ASSEMBLE THE TEAM
It is dangerous to go alone. Youll need the best in the businesswhether they be fae tricksters, goblin lockpickers, elven illusionists, or human masterminds.
PULL OFF THE HEIST
But even the most flawless plans have a way of unraveling. When the stakes are high and the odds are stacked, only the cleverest and most daring will make it out with the prize. Thirteen daring tales of fantasy heists and high-stakes caperswhere charm is as sharp as steel, and the score of a lifetime is just one misstep away.
With stories by Christopher Ruocchio, Wen Spencer, A. Lee Martinez, Edward M. Erdelac, Jim Zub, John C. Hocking, James Enge, Tim Akers, Mark Finn, Bill Willingham, Adrian Simmons, Tracy S. Morris, and Stephen Aryan.
Contributors:
Christopher Ruocchio
Wen Spencer
A. Lee Martinez
Edward M. Erdelac
Jim Zub
John C. Hocking
James Enge
Tim Akers
Mark Finn
Bill Willingham
Adrian Simmons
Tracy S. Morris
Stephen Aryan
David Afsharirad
David Afsharirad was an Associate Editor at Baen Books. For five years, he was the editor of Baen's The Best Military and Adventure SF series; he also edited the all-Davids anthology The Chronicles of Davids. His short fiction has appeared in various anthologies and magazines. He lives in Austin, TX.
Mark Finn is an author, an editor, and a pop culture critic, recently named one of the top movie reviewers in Texas by the Associated Press Managing Editors. A nationally recognized authority on Robert E. Howard, his work has appeared in publications for the Robert E. Howard Foundation Press, Dark Horse Comics, Boom! Comics, The Cimmerian, REH: Two-Gun Raconteur, The Howard Review, Wildside Press, Centipede Press, The University of Texas press and elsewhere. Finns fiction can be found in Rayguns Over Texas, Road Trip, Tails of the Pack, Empty Hearts, Fight Card: The Adventures of Sailor Tom Sharkey, and elsewhere.
When he is not waxing eloquent about popular culture, he writes comics and fiction, performs community theater, and runs a small-town movie theater in North Texas.
