Old Habits paperback

Stoce has grown up on the streets of Farport and learned to be an extraordinary thief. Hired to steal the Agrandon gems by a crime lord, he loses the gems and finds himself running from assassins sent by the crime lord and rival thieves after the gems. Pursuing the lost gems, Stoce ends up finding a new partner and sailing to another country where the gems are seized by a local baron and taken to a fortress. No sooner has he broken into the keep than a battle breaks out in the keep, and Stoce ends up facing wizards, guards, soldiers, and a paladin trying to avoid capture, regain the gems, and survive while unraveling a cryptic plot that unfolds around him. In the end, Stoce may find an even greater treasure, if he can survive.