Shea, Michael

1983: Nifft The Lean

This series of 4 short novelettes shadow the escapades of Nifft the Lean, an expert thief whose criminal skills will guide you through Stygian realms to places where an endless...

Mines Of Behemoth

(Nifft The Lean)

Mines of Behemoth is Michael Shea's second Nifft the Lean tale, a violent, funny fantasy of a thief who goes into the underground mines of a giant creature.

The A'rak

(Nifft The Lean)

The A'rak is a Michael Shea fantasy, in which the thief Nifft the Lean goes on a perilous journey across a strange desert.

Nifft The Lean

(Nifft The Lean) Start here

Nifft was a thief and a rogue. Nifft is dead. This is kind of an epitaph in four short tales. You decide whether you'd ever let Nifft get close to...