Masquerades

by Jeff Grubb and Kate Novak
First Pubished in July 1995
Part of the Harpers
Takes place in 1368 DR

When Alias crosses swords with the underlings of the cunning, heartless lord of Westgate's criminal guild, known only as the Faceless, he vows to destroy her.

Accepting the challenge to rid Westgate of the maleficent Night Masks, Alias gathers old allies and new: the saurial paladin Dragonbait, the halfling Olive Ruskettle, the street performer Jamal, the sage Mintassan, and the charismatic Victor Dhostar, son of Westgate's governing official.

Yet even as she thwarts the nefarious efforts of the Night Masks, Alias becomes ever more entangled in the web woven by The Faceless, a web whose silken strands are spun from intrigue, political machinations -- and murder.