Book description
The second instalment of The Riftwar Legacy, Assassins reveals Feist at
his storytelling best. There is intrigue, humour and breakneck action
aplenty here from the undisputed master of epic fantasy.
Fresh back from the front, another foe defeated, Prince Arutha arrives
to find all is not well in Krondor. A series of apparently random
murders has brought an eerie quiet to the city. Where normally the
streets are bustling with merchants and tricksters, good life and night
life, now there seems to be a self-imposed curfew at sundown.
Mutilated bodies have been turning up in the sewers, the Mockers'
demense. The Thieves' Guild has been decimated - men, women, children,
it matters not. The head of the Mockers is missing, presumed dead. Those
few who survived the terrible attacks are lying low. Very low.
The Crawler, it seems, is back in town. And he's being helped by
others, more ruthless than he. Can it be the Nighthawks again? The
Prince enlists his loyal Squire James to find out. If anyone can unravel
what's happening in the bowels of Krondor, he can. He knows the sewers
like the back of his hand. Afterall, as Jimmy the Hand, he grew up there.
Meanwhile, the retinue of the Duke of Olasko has arrived suddenly at
the palace, a week ahead of schedule but with no apologies and many
demands. They say they are here to hunt. But to hunt what. Pug's son
William, on his first posting as a knight-lieutenant, must escort them
into the wilds. It should have been a straightforward mission… Raymond
E. Feist was born and raised in Southern California. He was educated at
the University of California, San Diego, where he graduated with honours
in Communication Arts. He is the author of the bestselling and
critically acclaimed Riftwar Saga (Magician, Silverthorn, and A Darkness
at Sethanon), Prince of the Blood, Faerie Tale and The King's Buccaneer.
He is co-author (with Janny Wurts) of Daughter of the Empire, Servant of
the Empire and Mistress of the Empire.
The Serpent War Saga (Shadow of a Dark Queen, Rise of a Merchant Prince,
Rage of a Demon King and Shards of a Broken Crown) has continued his
phenomenal success, and his epic new Riftwar series includes bestsellers
Krondor: The Betrayal, Krondor: The Assassins and Krondor: Tear of the
Gods.
