Talisman

Publication date: 
1981-11
Publication type: 
Short Story
Published: 
Fantasy and Science Fiction, November 1981
Opus No.: 
132
Setting: 
Magic Universe
Characters: 
Sparthera; Sung Jo Ka
Summary: 

A story of magicians and thieves, set in the "Magic Goes Away" era. Sparthera dreams of finding treasure and riches, and will resort to any means necessary to obtain them. A passing Sorcerer gives her the opportunity to steal one of his trinkets, which points the way to a mysterious buried treasure...

Notes: 

Collaboration, co-written with Dian Girard

Reprints: 

Far Frontiers, ed. Jerry Pournelle & Jim Baen, Baen 1985;
Invisible Encounter & Other Science Fiction Stories, By J. D. Crayne (a.k.a. Dian Girard), downloadable "MobiPocket" eBook;
Limits;
More Magic;
Magic Goes Away Collection, The