Lean times in Lankhmar force brothers-in-arms Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser to part ways. Only after a joust of wits and swords do the friends join together again, stealing the ship the Black Treasurer and sailing round and through The Claws. Fighting sea kings, curses, and seven-eyed wizards, the pair set out on their heroic wanderings through the wilds of Nehwon.

* Fritz Leiber shares the stage with the likes of J. R. R. Tolkien, Robert E. Howard, and C. S. Lewis as a founding master of the fantasy genre.

* Readers of The Lord of the Rings and The Chronicles of Narnia series will love all of the Lankhmar books.

* Leiber is a recipient of many awards for his short stories such as the Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy awards.

* DH Press will be publishing all eight books in the influential Lankhmar series.