Two Sought Adventure


Two Sought Adventure is a 1957 collection of fantasy short stories by American writer Fritz Leiber. It was first published by Gnome Press in 1957 in an edition of 4,000 copies. The collections contains all of Leiber's Fafhrd and [the Gray Mouser] stories that had been written at the time, with the exception of "Adept's Gambit". The collection was expanded and published by Ace Books in 1970 under the title Swords Against Death. The stories originally appeared in the magazines Unknown, Other Worlds and Suspense Magazine.

Contents

  • "Induction"
  • "The Jewels in the Forest"
  • "Thieves' House"
  • "The Bleak Shore"
  • "The Howling Tower"
  • "The Sunken Land"
  • "The Seven Black Priests"
  • "Claws from the Night"

Plot

The Fafhrd and Gray Mouser stories concern the lives of two larcenous but likable rogues as they adventure across the fantasy world of Nehwon. The stories in Two Sought Adventure collect a miscellaneous series of adventures from their wanderings, including a quest for treasure in a dwelling with unique defenses, a bout with the Thieves' Guild of Lankhmar, an ensorcelled journey to a far-away land, an encounter with a beast-haunted stranger, a dangerous visit to their world's equivalent of Atlantis, a conflict with a murderous priesthood, and a magical plague afflicting Lankhmar.

Reception

Galaxy Science Fiction called Two Sought Adventures stories "guaranteed nostalgia evokers... improbably wonderful adventures".