She returns each night hoping to gain enough knowledge to perform the magic herself. Instead she witnesses the beginning of a powerful spell that fascinates her. She breaks into a wizard's home with the intent of robbing (what else would a thief do?). She is now too old to apprentice with someone, and too unwilling to relocate to find her destiny elsewhere. Tabaea the Thief tends to blame the world for her fate. Not quite Richard III, but still a lot of fun. In this book, a villain is the protagonist. Part of the reason is Lawrence Watt-Evans was spoofing the tropes of fantasy that were prevalent 25 years ago. She break I first read Book 6 of the Ethshar series in 1993 when it was first issued. I first read Book 6 of the Ethshar series in 1993 when it was first issued. Then, by chance, Tabaea discovered that her dagger indeed had its own kind of unusal magic - a dark, powerful magic that promised invincibility to its bearer.īut magic can be dangerous even in the hands of an expert - and for Tabaea, magic and power could spell disaster. And it wouldn't free her from bonds, or heal her wounds - it didn't seem to be magical at all. The apprentice's dagger had glowed it had resisted attempts to pick it up and there had been a blinding flash at the end of the ceremony.īut Tabaea's dagger didn't do any of those things. But even though she could feel the power rising around her as she went through the steps of the ritual, something had clearly gone wrong. Tabaea decided to try the magic for herself. Then one night while burgling a house, she witnessed a wizard teaching his apprentice a spell - the creation of a magic dagger. But even though she could feel the power rising around her as she went through the steps of the ritual, something had clear Tabaea was an ordinary thief, sneaking and prowling and stealing for a living. Tabaea was an ordinary thief, sneaking and prowling and stealing for a living.
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