The saga of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser spans sixty years, beginning with Fritz Leiber’s first tale of the duo in the August 1939 issue of Unknown. The series comprises all of the stories by Fritz Leiber (and his friend Harry Fischer), plus the epilogue to the series, Swords Against the Shadowland by Robin Wayne Bailey.

The second book in the series, Swords Against Death, features work produced over a thirty-year period, including five novelettes and five short stories. This volume provides information about the duo’s supernatural mentors, Sheelba of the Eyeless Face and Ningauble of the Seven Eyes.