This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this novel are either fictitious or are used fictitiously.

SANCTUARY: AN EPIC NOVEL OF THIEVES’ WORLD

Copyright © 2002 by Lynn Abbey

Thieves’ World and Sanctuary are registered trademarks belonging to Lynn Abbey and are used with permission.

All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book, or portions thereof, in any form.

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eISBN 9781429969987

First eBook Edition : May 2011

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Abbey, Lynn.

Sanctuary : an epic novel of Thieves’ world / Lynn Abbey.—1st ed.

p. cm.

“A Tom Doherty Associates book.”

ISBN 0-312-87491-X (acid-free paper)

I. Title.

PS3551.B23 S26 2002

813’.54—dc21

2001059660

First Edition: June 2002