The Incompleat Nifft
An omnibus of two novels.
- Nifft the Lean
- The Mines of Behemoth
THIS TIME,
THEY WOULD MAKE A KILLING
Join master thief Nifft the Lean with his companion-at-arms, mighty barbarian Barnar Hammer-Hand, as they trust to their wits and their luck. Once Nifft and Barnar were hired by the ghost of a dead woman to kidnap the man who betrayed her and drag him down to hell to join her. A simple task – or so they thought at first...
Another time, the pair lucked into an even more lucrative proposition, when they were shipwrecked on the way to work in Costard's sap mine – very dangerous and sometimes nauseating work far below ground – and were hired by Bunt to bring back twenty gills of the ichor exuded only by the monstrous insectile queen. It seemed like easy money – they wouldn't have to go to hell! Of course, the best laid plans sometimes do go astray, but this time they were sure they would... make a killing.
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Michael Shea
Michael Shea (1946-2014) was an American fantasy, horror, and science fiction author living in California. He has won "year's best" World Fantasy Awards for the novel Nifft the Lean and the novella Growlimb.
Not to be confused with the author of the same Michael Shea, Diplomat.
Nifft the Lean Trilogy
Nifft the Lean Trilogy consists of three primary books, and includes one additional book that complement the series but is not considered mandatory reads. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
