| Krondor the Betrayal:: Book One of the Riftwar Legacy Contributor(s): Feist, Raymond E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0380795272 ISBN-13: 9780380795277 Publisher: Harper Voyager OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: October 1999 Annotation: The RiftWar is done. But a fearsome army of trolls and renegade humans, emboldened by the drug of destruction, has risen in strength from the ashes of defeat. There is one, however, who defies the call to battle... New York Times bestselling fantasist RAYMOND E. FEIST returns to a beleaguered realm of wonders and magic -- where war is an enduring legacy; where blood swells the rivers and nourishes the land. Attend to this hitherto untold chapter in the violent history of Midkemia -- a towering saga of great conflicts, brave acts and insidious intrigues. It is the story of a traitor who rejects the brutality of his warlike kind and casts his lot with the human targets of their fierce aggression. It tells of mysterious deaths and sinister machinations -- and sings of a time when the fate of many civilizations rested in the able, unfaltering hands of RiftWar veterans Squire Locklear and cunning thief-turned-squire Jimmy the Hand. It chronicles the powerful awakening of Owyn -- apprentice magician of untried strengths -- and celebrates the selfless achievements of Pug, the greatest sorcerer of two worlds. Welcome now to astonishing new corners of a world you have not yet fully explored -- and prepare to experience true excitement, blood-chilling terror...and the triumph born from the doom aimed at the beating heart of a kingdom. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Fantasy - Epic - Fiction | Science Fiction - Cyberpunk |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 98027649 |
| Series: Riftwar Legacy (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 1.17" H x 4.26" W x 6.89" (0.47 lbs) 432 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The RiftWar is done. But a fearsome army of trolls and renegade humans, emboldened by the drug of destruction, has risen in strength from the ashes of defeat. There is one, however, who defies the call to battle... New York Times bestselling fantasist Raymond E. Feist returns to a beleaguered realm of wonders and magic-where war is an enduring legacy; where blood swells the rivers and nourishes the land. Attend to this hitherto untold chapter in the violent history of Midkemia -- a towering saga of great conflicts, brave acts and insidious intrigues. It is the story of a traitor who rejects the brutality of his warlike kind and casts his lot with the human targets of their fierce aggression. It tells of mysterious deaths and sinister machinations -- and signs of a time when the fate of many civilizations rested in the able, unfaltering hands of RiftWar veterans Squire Locklear and cunning their-turned-squire Jimmy the Hand. It chronicles the powerful awakening of Owyn -- apprentice magician of untried strengths -- and celebrates the selfless achievements of Pug, the great sorcerer of two worlds. Welcome now to astonishing new corners of a world you have not yet fully explored-and prepare to experience true excitement, blood chilling terror...and the triumph born from the doom aimed at the beating heart of a kingdom. |
Contributor Bio(s): Feist, Raymond E.: - Raymond E. Feist is the author of more than 30 previous books, including the internationally bestselling "Riftwar Cycle" of novels set in his signature world of Midkemia. The Firemane Saga is his first all-new epic fantasy series. He lives in San Diego, California. |