Ischade arrives in Sanctuary as a necromancer with a curse she never asked for: the men she takes as lovers don't survive her affection for long. Cherryh's novella introduces one of Thieves' World's most enduring characters, a woman whose power over the dead makes her dangerous to everyone around her, allies and enemies alike, in ways the rest of the shared-world cast will spend years reckoning with.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
Placement
- Thieves' World
- contained in Shadows of Sanctuaryanthology