Sem muitos detalhes de confirmação, isso é difícil, mas o melhor ajuste que eu recordo para seus detalhes é The Redemption de Althalus de David e Leigh Eddings. Foi lançado no verão de 2000. Aqui está um recorte do artigo:
Muito acontece em uma espécie de templo que fica além da existência, com a festa usando portas no espaço-tempo para chegar onde precisam estar:Its main character is Althalus, a professional thief enlisted by the Goddess Dweia to save the world from the desolations of her evil brother Daeva and his henchman Ghend.
Ghend hires Althalus to travel to the "House at the End of the World" to steal a book. Although he suspects something is amiss, Althalus accepts the job and heads there. After several days of travel he finds the house and manages to stumble upon the book, only to realize that the House is occupied by a talking cat who has trapped him. After several days of being trapped he finally decides to listen to the cat and thus finds out several astonishing things. The book is called the Book of Deiwos, Deiwos being the God who created the world, and the cat (named Emerald or Emmy by Althalus) teaches him to read it. After two and a half thousand years, Emerald reveals to Althalus that the book can be used to accomplish feats of magic ...
E esta é a capa dos EUA com a qual estou mais familiarizado ...
