Publisher's Synopsis
Thiever is the sequel to David M Allan's Quaestor. After the events at the end of Quaestor, Anarya is no longer a Sponger but is now a Thiever - when she takes someone's magic talent they lose it until she can no longer hold on to it. Worryingly, the power also brings a desperate hunger to take others' talents. As Anarya struggles to control the compulsion, Yisul is fraught with worry and seeks help for her lover. But Jotuk is in upheaval; the Twenty-Three families are in disarray, divided over how the city should be governed. In Carregis, the king takes advantage of the deaths of the Three, the cabal who previously controlled him, and seeks to establish himself as an effective ruler. Meanwhile, the priestesses of Quarenna and the priests of Huler are having disturbing dreams…
