The A'Rak
PROSPEROUS HAGIA'S VAULTS BRIMMED WITH GOLD.
HER WAREHOUSES BULGED WITH THE GOODS OF THE SOUTHERN SEAS.
SHE HAD THE SPIDER-GOD TO THANK FOR HER PROSPERITY.
But beneath Hagia's ancient bargain with the A'Rak lay the direst danger. That mercenary kingdom had mortgaged its soul in its pact with the giant arachnoid. When the note fell due, death of the most hideous kind awaited the multitudes of that affluent and bustling nation.
As Hagia's debt falls due, two foreigners arrive in Big Quay, her capital: Lagademe and her team, foremost among the world's Nunciosdeliverers of anything to anywhereand Nifft the Lean, thief and rogue extraordinaire.
Nifft and Lagademe, strangers to one another at the outset, will soon be struggling side by side for their livesand a nation's survivalagainst the most hideous foe in the annals of Sword and Sorcery fiction.
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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.
