Free (Kindle) Thieves World: Shadowspawn by Andrew J. Offutt [Desert Travel Fantasy]

[ATDrake]

Shadowspawn by the late author Andrew J. Offutt (ISFDB, Wikipedia, SFE) is the 4th novel in the highly popular Thieves' World (Wikipedia) series of adventure fantasy set in a shared universe consisting of short story anthologies and novels contributed by multiple authors, this story starring two young people making their way on a perilous desert journey, complicated by the fact that one of them has used a magical wish to attract the other to his side and must work out his feelings of guilt for using his powers in this way, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Endeavour Press' Venture imprint.

This was originally published in 1987 by Ace Books. Apparently Offutt also wrote a Thieves' World story called Shadow's Pawn, and there also exists another short story in the setting called Shadowspawn as well according to ISFDB, just to make everything nice and confusing.

Currently free @ Amazon (available to Canadians & in the UK and pretty much everywhere else worldwide that Amazon sells, since this is being done via their KDP Select exclusive or else program)

Description
Hanse Shadowspawn of Sanctuary & Mignureal, his young lover, are travelling through the barren desert.

Mignureal is the daughter of the first person to show Hanse kindness in his harsh upbringing. He was once a lonely and ostracised orphan who was denied food by all those around him save her mother.

Hanse is initially resistant to the idea of seducing the young girl.

He has the power of wish and once time, he experimented with it and wishes for the young Mignureal to be waiting for him in her bed.

He had not expected it to work and as such to begin with, felt incredibly guilty about any seduction of her.

He then wished for this to appear only as a dream in both their minds. Although he knew the truth…

The desert proves a harsh environment for the two, even one as capable as Hanse, as they encounter danger, deception, sorcery and crime on their journey to the town of Firaqa.

They’re both lucky to have the help of Hanse’s vicious, yet loyal cat, Notable. An ally not to be scoffed at.

What further adventures await them as they delve deeper into the world?

[Dr. Drib]

When you gotta spawn, you gotta spawn!



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