title: Master of the Guild - To Be a Thief (Volume 1)
author: William v Sleigher
description: Born in Santa Clara California, William Sleigher currently lives in a quiet neighborhood in the Fox Valley, Wisconsin. He is always on the lookout for new ways to expand his knowledge and express his creativity. Writing became a natural outlet for this creativity through poetry, short and adventure stories. Writing and storytelling has always been a big part of family life. Today, William lives with his wife, Christi and their four children, two boys and two girls. He works in the computer field providing leadership for a variety of areas. His spare time is taken up with reading, (primarily histories, adventures and technical manuals), watching DVDs, and baking breads, sweet rolls and assorted cakes. More information at wvsleigher.com
zlib_text: “You are hurting me,” she whispered venemously.
  “You would have done much worse to me,” he answered.
  “You surprised me,” she said. “Who are you?”
  “I am a thief,” he said, “like yourself.”
  “You are a thief, but you are nothing like me,” she spat.
  “Ah, yes. You must be a Guild thief,” he sighed.
  “Yes, and you are intruding upon Guild business, you freelance
  pig.”
  In a land �lled with betrayal and sudden death, there must
  be some honor among thieves.
  
  T he T hieves’  G uild
  ( Dragonlance - Crossroads, Book 2  )
  J e�  Crook
  
  C hap ter O ne
  
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  27th day of Darkember, 34SC
  he citizens of the grandest of all Krynn’s cities, Palanthas, City
  of Seven Circles, hurried along her lamp-hung streets, glancing
  worriedly above their heads as they rushed homeward from the
  markets and plazas, another day of bustling commerce at an end.
  Thoughts of supper and bed competed with worries about the
  weather and the prospects of arriving home soaked to the bone, for
  an ugly snarl of clouds hung over the city’s 