Originally published as a short story in Sword and Sorceress V, and woven into the The Oathbound novel published that same year, "Keys" is included in the Oathblood collection. In the short story they walk away with more money than Tarma is comfortable carrying around.
Overview[]
Tarma undertakes a combat challenge to buy time for Kethry to solve a locked-room mystery.
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Characters appearing or mentioned in this story.
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Publication history[]
For a more detailed history see the Internet Speculative Fiction Database.
- Sword & Sorceress V, edited by Marion Zimmer Bradley, 1988
- Sword & Sorceress 5, edited by Marion Zimmer Bradley, British imprint, 1990
- The Oathbound, Vows and Honor, volume 1,[1] 1988
- Oathblood, Vows and Honor, volume 3, 1998
Translations[]
German:
- Zauberschwestern[2], translated by Rosemarie Hundertmarck, 1990
Gallery of cover images[]
Cover of Sword & Sorceress V
British cover of Sword & Sorceress 5
German cover of Sword & Sorceress V
Cover of The Oathbound
Cover of Oathblood
See also[]
- Oathblood, Vows and Honor, volume 3
- The Valdemar Anthology series
- Chronological order of books: expanded edition
Notes[]
- ↑ The story was woven into the novel The Oathbound, making up most of Chapter Six.
- ↑ Zauberschwestern is the German translation of Sword & Sorceress V. The German translation of "Keys" is entitled "Schlüssel"