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Jack of Shadows

by Roger Zelazny · 1971

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The Earth no longer rotates. Science rules the dayside of the globe. Magic rules the World of Night, and Jack of Shadows, Shadowjack the Thief, who broke the Compact and duped the Lord of High Dudgeon, walks in silence and in shadows to seek vengeance upon his enemies.

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wizardswizardsMore like thisLess of this
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adult
Length
medium · 236 pages

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