World Fantasy Award nominee 1978.

A collection of linked stories.

  • The Sadness of the Executioner
  • Beauty and the Beasts
  • Trapped in the Shadowland
  • The Bait
  • Under the Thumbs of the Gods
  • Trapped in the Sea of Stars
  • The Frost Monstreme
  • Rime Isle

PRISONERS OF THE GODS

Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser have traveled the width and breadth of the land of Nehwon, in search of adventure and fortune. Now lost at sea, their ship drawn out on the Great Equatorial Current, their journey brings them to Rime Isle, a tragic island populated by vagabonds and wanderers.

The island is also home to a race of gods, schemers, and manipulators that plague the humans for their amusement. Will Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser be able to escape the island, or be trapped forever as pawns of the gods?

Published
1977
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These are probably the best known stories that Fritz Leiber wrote spanning 50 years of his life. The first appeared in Unknown Magazine around 1940 and the last installment appeared in The Knight and Knave of Swords around 1990. The stories follow the various adventures of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, two characters created by Fritz and his friend Harry Fischer.

Also known as the Swords Series.

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