이영도의 최신작. 나가, 레콘, 도깨비, 인간의 네 종족으로 구성된 세계는 나가에 의해 반으로 나뉘어진다. 그러나 세계의 반을 차지하고 있던 나가들의 사회에 일단의 소요가 발생하고, 성인 의식 도중에 살인 사건이 발생한다. 결국 누명을 쓴 도망자와 그 뒤를 쫓는 추적자의 숨막히는 추격전이 펼쳐지고, 인간과 레콘, 그리고 도깨비로 구성된 구출대가 그들의 추격전에 난입하며 세계의 위기에 관한 음모가 서서히 밝혀진다. [인터넷 교보문고 제공]

Revenge When Eugenides, the Thief of Eddis, stole Hamiathes's Gift, the Queen of Attolia lost more than a mythical relic. She lost face. Everyone knew that Eugenides had outwitted and escaped her. To restore her reputation and reassert her power, the Queen of Attolia will go to any length and accept any help that is offered... she will risk her country to execute the perfect revenge. ...but Eugenides can steal anything. And he taunts the Queen of Attolia, moving through her strongholds seemingly at will. So Attolia waits, secure in the knowledge that the Thief will slip, that he will haunt her palace one too many times. …at what price? When Eugenides finds his small mountain country at war with Attolia, he must steal a man, he must steal a queen, he must steal peace. But his greatest triumph—and his greatest loss—comes in capturing something that the Queen of Attolia thought she had sacrificed long ago... Books for the Teen Age 2001 (NYPL) and Bulletin Blue Ribbon Best of 2000 Award.