The Knight and Knave of Swords -- Fritz Leiber

<b>The final book in the seminal sword and sorcery series featuring Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser from the Grand Master of Science Fiction and Fantasy.</b> <p/> After their adventures in <i>Swords and Ice Magic</i>, Fafhrd the barbarian and Gray Mouser the thief remain on Rime Isle with their loves, seeking lives of respectability and peace. Fafhrd works to regain his archery skills after losing his left hand to Odin in battle. Meanwhile, the Gray Mouser embarks on a trading expedition aboard the ship <i>Seahawk</i>. But their respite will soon come to an end--for on the world of Nehwon, a brother and sister plot to regain the treasures stolen from them by the pirates of Rime Isle. <p/> Soon Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, alone and together, are plagued by dreams and curses that will force them to confront the vengeful siblings, destructive temptations, sea demons, and ancient obsessions as "one of the great works of fantasy in this century" comes to its climactic end (<i>Publishers Weekly</i>). <p/> The highly regarded British horror author Ramsey Campbell called Fritz Leiber "the greatest living writer of supernatural horror fiction." Drawing many of his own themes from the works of Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, and H. P. Lovecraft, master manipulator Fritz Leiber is a worldwide legend within the fantasy genre, actually having coined the term <i>sword and sorcery</i> that would describe the subgenre he would more than help create. <p/> While <i>The Lord of the Rings</i> took the