Complex sentence: The book was first published as a trade paperback in August 1998 by White Wolf, and was the first in a projected series of authorized continuations of the Fafhrd and Gray Mouser saga by Bailey.
Split into simpler sentences: The book was first published as a trade paperback in August 1998 by White Wolf. It was projected to be the first in a series of authorized continuations of the Fafhrd and Gray Mouser saga by Bailey.