Beyond the Veil
By: Janet Morris.
Series: Thieves' world
Publisher: Baen
Published: 1985
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 314
Subjects: Sacred Band of Stepsons
Genres: Mythic fiction
First sentence: Two Rankan couriers rode into Tyse three hours apart on the last day of summer.
Description: In this Sacred Band of Stepsons novel, Tempus leads the Band into a dark world of shifting allegiances and uneasy alliances that tests the honor and their bonds to one another where nothing is as it seems.  The Band  faces threats that test their courage, their love for one  another,  their faith in their immortalized commander and even the gods themselves.  Mythic and full of menace, this book delves deep into the hearts of the Stepsons.  A  Sacred Bander's bond with his parter is sorely strained as he has an affair with Tempus's daughter, while the Band itself resorts to magical assistance to combat the forces arrayed against them on Wizardwall.
Notes: Baen hardcover (1985); Science Fiction Book Club Selection; Ace paperback , 1987
Beyond the Veil is the second authorized Thieves' World novel, following "Beyond Sanctuary" and preceding "Beyond Wizardwall." 

Paperback back cover says:  "In the thrilling sequel to Beyond Sanctuary, Tempus leads his Stepsons on a deadly journey into the heart of evil, to combat an unholy alliance of magic led by Roxane and her tame demons.  The battle will be met in the witch-plagued city of Tyse, darker and more dangerous than Sanctuary itself, and heroes are welcome only if they are able to face the horrifying unknown beyond Wizardwall...."