The second volume in Raymond E. Feist's highly acclaimed epic fantasy Riftwar Saga
With the Kingdom of the Isles at peace,Prince Arutha can at last look forward to marrying the Princess Anita in the city of Krondor.
But the capital in the west harbours many shadows. When Jimmy the Hand,a young thief in the Guild of Mockers,upsets an assassination attempt on Arutha,a sinister plot is uncovered.
As the dead rise and assassins stalk the darkness,Arutha must rally the Kingdom forces swiftly if he is to save his beautiful princess felled by a poisoned arrow on her wedding day,and prevent a madman from destroying Midkemia.
Publisher: HarperCollins PublishersISBN: 9780007509171Number of pages: 400Weight: 290 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 25 mm
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"Epic scope... vivid imagination... a significant contribution to the growth of the field of fantasy."Washington Post
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Raymond E. Feist
One of the world's bestselling fantasy authors,Raymond Elias Feist describes himself as a'Southern Californian by birth and a San Diegan by choice'. A long-time role-playing game fan,Feist first created the landscape of his bestselling sequence'The Riftwar Cycle'when at university,as a role-playing alternative to Dungeons and Dragons. Feist then decided to expand the universe in fiction,beginning with his 1982 cult novel Magician. Over several series and generations Feist has continued develop the worlds of Midkemia and Kelewan,creating one of the most thoroughly realised fantasy landscapes of all-time. Feist's 2018 novel King of Ashes marks a departure from the Riftwar Cycle and is the first novel in the planned new trilogy,Firemane.
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