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“There’s something to be said for relatives
. . . it has to be said because it’s unprint-able!”
This Ace Fantasy Book contains the complete text of the original trade edition.
It has been completely reset in a typeface designed for easy reading, and was printed from new Him.
An Ace Fantasy Book / published by arrangement with Starblaze Editions of the Donning Company/Publishers PRINTING HISTORY
Donning edition published 1983
Ace Fantasy edition / September 1985
Second printing / September 1985
Fourth printing / December 1985
Fifth printing / October 1986
Copyright © 1983 by Robert L. Asprin.
Cover art by Walter Velez.
This book may not be reproduced in whole or in part, by mimeograph or any other means, without permission.
For information address: The Donning Company/Publishers, 5659 Virginia Beach Blvd., Norfolk, VA 23502.
Ace Fantasy Books are published by The Berkley Publishing Group, 200 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016.
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PERHAPS if I hadn’t been so preoccupied with my own thoughts when I walked into my quarters that day, I wouldn’t have been caught unawares. Still, who expects to get caught in a magikal attack just walking into their own room?
Okay, okay! So I am the Court Magician of Possiltum, and maybe I have been getting a bit of a reputation lately. I still should be able to walk into my own room without getting jumped! I mean, if a magician isn’t safe in his own quarters, can he be safe anywhere?
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