Krondor: The Betrayal

Krondor: The Betrayal
Raymond E. Feist

An episode in Feist’s massively successful Riftwar saga.From the endlessly inventive mind of one of fantasy’s all-time greats, comes a spellbinding new adventure featuring old favourites Jimmy, Locklear and Pug.It is nine years on from the aftermath of Sethanon. There has been peace awhile and it’s been needed. But news is feeding through to the people of the Kingdom of the Isles that deadly forces are stirring on the horizon. The bringer of the latest tidings is Gorath, a moredhel (dark elf).The bloodletting has started. Nighthawks are murdering again. Politics is a dangerous, cut-throat game once more. At the root of all this unrest lie the mysterious machinations of a group of magicians known as The Six.Meanwhile, renegade Tsurani gem smugglers, a rival criminal gang to the Mockers led by someone known only as The Crawler, and traitors to the crown are all conspiring to bring the Kingdom of the Isles to its knees.

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Source ISBN: 9780008311254

Ebook Edition © January 2018 ISBN: 9780007374977

Version: 2018-11-13

Dedication (#u1d1c16e3-ba0c-5f9a-b560-db56447450f5)

For John Cutter and Neal Hallford

with thanks for their creativity and enthusiasm

Contents

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Title Page (#u894f6d5c-7526-57f5-abc3-de814963ff3d)

Copyright

Dedication

Map

Prologue: Warning

Chapter One: Encounter

Chapter Two: Deception

Chapter Three: Revelation

Chapter Four: Passage

Chapter Five: Mission

Chapter Six: Journey

Chapter Seven: Murders

Chapter Eight: Secrets

Chapter Nine: Suspect

Chapter Ten: Nighthawks

Chapter Eleven: Escape

Chapter Twelve: Preparations

Chapter Thirteen: Betrayal

Chapter Fourteen: Instructions

Chapter Fifteen: Quest

Chapter Sixteen: Tasks

Chapter Seventeen: Misdirection

Chapter Eighteen: Regroup

Chapter Nineteen: Encounter

Chapter Twenty: Retribution

Epilogue: Dedication

Afterword