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A Year and a Day in Old Theradane
A Fantasy Novel by Scott Lynch
Subgenres & Tropes:
- Sword and Sorcery,
- Heist Fantasy,
- City Fantasy,
- Novella,
- Found Family
This book is for you if you're into...
- Heist crews plotting impossible jobs in cities full of magic
- Retired master thieves forced back into the game
- Wizard feuds where the city itself becomes the prize
Welcome to Theradane, a city of deep magic, ruled by a council of eternally feuding wizards!
A city of opportunity, where bold dreamers brave the fallout from the wizard wars to make their living.
A city of sanctuary, where wanted criminals from all over the world can pay a fortune to secure a safe place for their retirement.
Amarelle Parathis, the Duchess Unseen, one of the greatest thieves in history, was surviving such a retirement until she accidentally offended the powerful sorceress Ivovandas. Now Amarelle and her crew of brilliant misfits have a task: secretly steal an object of power from a rival wizard every bit as dangerous as Ivovandas. The object? A city street, hundreds of yards long, upon which thousands of people tread day and night. The stakes? Their freedom, very possibly their lives. The deadline? A year and a day.
Amarelle and her friends will need every minute of it...
Originally published in the 2013 anthology ROGUES, this acclaimed and darkly whimsical sword-and-sorcery novella from internationally best-selling fantasist Scott Lynch is now available as a digital single!
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