Ill Met in Torchbearer
Nothing is ever easy for a crook in this city.
I came to Lankhmar late in my sword and sorcery education. I was in my twenties and got roped into the book equivalent of Columbia House. It was a dangerous tightrope I walked then.
On one hand, I got exposed to lots and lots of books I wouldn't otherwise have read. On the other, I was flat broke working in a dying profession. Living dangerously with literature.
I think they went out of business before I was able to disentangle myself from their labyrinthian contracts. In that process though, I got my hands on a copy of Swords and Deviltry...
Great fucking title. Even better writing. And even though it was separated by decades, it will forever be connected in my mind with Oz, The Sopranos and The Wire.
