Liavek, book 1
Will Shetterly et Emma Bull1985

City of Luck on the Cat River, cosmopolitan hub of subtle intrigue and wild fortune, capital of art and adventure, caravans and culture, espionage and enchantment.

Come to Liavek.
Emma Bull, Steven Brust, Jane Yolen, Gene Wolfe, and Nancy Kress will guide you through humor, horror, romance, and daring deeds in the vanishing houses of Wizard's Row, the sailor's dives of Rat's Alley, and the mysterious shops of the Two-Copper Bazaar.

See trolls, green cats, blue chipmunks--and demon camels. Learn secrets of love and hidden fortune. Meet painted ladies, bejewelled assasins, Scarlet Priests, necromantic critics, a whip-wielding boutique owner--and wizards. Come, Liavek awaits.