Thieves' World(R)

A classic fantasy series

Thieves'' World® pioneered shared-world anthologies with epic worldbuilding, unforgettable characters, and nonstop action.

Missing Game of Thrones?

Dare to be pulled into political intrigues, watch new gods replace old, and witness fortunes rise and fall and rise again (Book Riot).

The series''s groundbreaking debut

Features stories by John Brunner, Lynn Abbey, Poul Anderson, Andrew J. Offutt, Robert Lynn Asprin, Joe Haldeman, Christine DeWees, and Marion Zimmer Bradley, who populate the lawless city of Sanctuary with orphans and wizards, fortune tellers and emperors, merchants and madams, spies, assassins, and, of course, thieves.

Sanctuary was the city where anything could happen

Where characters created by some of the best fantasy writers of the generation crossed paths and shared adventures. —Black Gate

A bold and daring experiment in fantasy storytelling

... We are introduced to the cast of characters, including beggars and crime lords, wizards and soldiers, minstrels and thieves, as this new chapter in the life of Sanctuary begins, life under the governorship of Prince Kadakithis.