It was a pleasure to revisit such classics as “An End to Dreaming,” “Vashanka’s Minion,” and “Wizard Weather. I am happy and pleased that she has continued to write of the further adventures of Tempus and his Sacred Band of Stepsons. I first encountered Tempus and his Stepsons during the heyday of the Thieves World series, and Morris’ tales and characters soon became my favorites. She writes my kind of tale, too: lean, mean, character-driven, creative, and intelligent.
Janet Morris has always written some of the best and most literate stories in all heroic fantasy. Original 4-volume Tempus series from Baen, 1987 – 1990
Meet legendary immortals Askelon, the Dream Lord of Meridian, and Jihan the Froth Daughter of Lord Storm. Witness the might of the storm god Vashanka and his immortal god-ridden avatar, Tempus as they battle against sorcery, betrayal and corruption, alongside his Sacred Band of Stepsons. Meet the characters who made the Sacred Band famous: Abarsis, the Slaughter Priest Abarsis, who first formed the Sacred Band and from whom Tempus took over the Band Niko, Critias, Straton, hazard-class and allergy prone mage Randal “Witchy Ears.” Meet Roxane the witch and her death squads, Ischade the Necromant and her cadre of undead servants, and Cime, Tempus’ wizard-slaying sister. This book contains the original stories first written about the Sacred Band of Stepsons, as well as some new stories that expand on their adventures, and Niko’s quest to regain his spiritual and mystical balance. PUBLISHER’S NOTE: Parts of this work have been published in substantially similar form in several volumes of the Shared Universe Series, Thieves World. Ride with Tempus and his Sacred Band once again, or for the first time. Five early tales of the Stepsons in a world of thieves, novelized with additional stories available nowhere else. Relive the iconic adventures of Tempus the Black and his Sacred Band through the eyes of Nikodemos, his right-side companion, as Niko seeks his spirit’s balance on Bandara’s misty isles.
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