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Raymond E. Feist
Krondor: The Betrayal
First Published in 1998.
Synopsis
"Fantasist Raymond E. Feist returns to bring to light an extraordinary, hitherto untold chapter in the violent history of Midkemia. It is the story of a traitor - a dark elf who rejects the brutality of his warlike kind and casts his lot with the human targets of their fierce aggression. It is a towering saga of great conflicts, brave acts and insidious intrigues - of mysterious deaths among the ranks of the just and the sinister machinations of a master criminal - when the fate of many civilizations rests in the able, unfaltering hands of RiftWar veterans Squire Locklear and the cunning thief-turned-Squire James. It chronicles the powerful awakening of Owyn, an apprentice magician of untried strength and hidden depths, and celebrates the selfless achievements of Pug, the greatest magician of two worlds, who must again - though not for the last time - rise spectacularly to new heights in the cause of those who face certain annihilation." (Excerpt from bn.com)
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Krondor: The Assassins
Krondor Series #2
Publishing date (hardcover): November 1999.
Synopsis
"Second installment of Feist's new series, following Krondor the Betrayal (1998). Prince Arutha, the ruler of Midkemia's capital city, Krondor, is faced with a bewildering plague of assassinations. To investigate, he summons his best agent, Squire James. Fortunately, James, once an expert thief (then known as Jimmy the Hand), still has contacts within the general criminal underworld. Seems that a vicious gangland war is under way, pitting a guild of thieves known as the Mockers against a rival mob controlled by the Crawler. Gradually, the motive behind these mysterious murders becomes clear: the ultimate target is Vladic, Crown Prince of Olasko, and the bad guys have some high-powered magical help." (Excerpt from bn.com)
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Magician Apprentice
Riftwar Saga #1
First Published in 1982.
Synopsis
"To the forest on the shore of the Kingdom of the Isles, the orphan Pug came to study with the master magician Kulgan. But though his courage won him a place at court and the heart of a lovely Princess, he was ill at ease with the normal ways of wizardry. Yet Pug's strange sort of magic would one day change forever the fates of two worlds. For dark beings from another world had opened a rift in the fabric of spacetime to being again the age-old battle between the forces of Order and Chaos." (Excerpt from bn.com)
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Magician Master
Riftwar Saga #2
First Published in 1982.
Synopsis
"Once he was an orphan called Pug, apprenticed to a sorcerer of the enchanted land of Midkemia.. Then he was captured and enslaved by the Tsurani, a strange, warlike race of invaders from another world.
There, in the exotic Empire of Kelewan, he earned a new name--Milamber. He learned to tame the unnimagined powers that lay withing him. And he took his place in an ancient struggle against an evil Enemy older than time itself." (Excerpt from bn.com)
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Silverthorn
Riftwar Saga #3
First Published in 1985.
Synopsis
"A poisoned bolt has struck down the Princess Anita on the day of her wedding to Prince Arutha of Krondor.
To save his beloved, Arutha sets out in search of the mytics herb called Silverthorn that only grows in the dark and forbidding land of the Spellweavers.
Accompanied by a mercenary, a minstrel, and a clever young thief, he wil confront an ancient evil and do battle with the dark powers that threaten the enchanted realm of Midkemia." (Excerpt from bn.com)
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A Darkness at Sethanon
Riftwar Saga #4
First Published in 1986.
Synopsis
"An evil wind blows through Midkemia. Dark legions have risen up to crush the Kingdom of the Isles and enslave it to dire magics. The final battle between Order and Chaos is about to begin in the ruins of the city called Sethanon.
Now Pug, the master magician sometimes known as Milamber, must undertake an awesome and perilous quest to the dawn of time to grapple with an ancient and terrible Enemy for the fate of a thousand worlds." (Excerpt from bn.com)
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Prince of the Blood
Riftwar Saga #5
First Published in 1987.
Synopsis
"This welcome continuation of The Riftwar Saga picks up 20 years after A Darkness of Sethanon leaves off. In part a coming-of-age story, it tells of Borric and Erland, twin sons of the Prince of Krondor. Carelessly lighthearted, they soon learn the need for responsibility in times of danger. Borric, the elder, named heir to the throne of the Kingdom of the Isles, is sent with his brother in place of their father to the Jubilee of the empress of Kesh, a powerful neighbor." (Excerpt from bn.com)
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The King's Buccaneer
Riftwar Saga #
First Published in 1988.
Synopsis
"Long recovered from the ravages of the Riftwar, the land and the people of the Kingdom of the Isles thrive on the bounty of good times. Nicholas, youngest son of Prince Arutha of Krondor is intelligent and gifted, but vastly inexperienced in worldly matters. In hopes of hardening him, his father sends him and his squire, Harry, to live at rustic Castle Crydee to learn of life beyond the halls of privilege. Thus begins the most harrowing experience of their young lives. Within weeks of Nicholas's arrival, Crydee is viciously attacked by assailants unknown. The result: murder, massive destruction, and the abduction of two young noblewomen, friends to the prince. And Crydee isn't the only town that's been hit - towns up and down the coast have suffered the same merciless devastation. From out of the wreckage two facts become clear. The raiders have come from the distant Sunset Islands, home to pirates of every stripe - and possibly even farther away than that. But more significant, these are no ordinary pirates: their mission is connected to dark magical forces that have threatened the Kingdom before. As brother to the future king, Nicholas feels compelled to follow the abductors and rescue those taken from Crydee - but the threat he ultimately faces is one that places the fate of all of his people in his inexperienced lands." (Excerpt from bn.com)
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Daughter of the Empire
Other Side of the Riftwar #1
First Published in 1987.
Synopsis
"Magic and murder engulf the realm of Kelewan. Fierce warlords ignite a bitter blood feud to enslave the empire of Tsuranuanni. While in the opulent Imperial courts, assassins and spy-master plot cunning and devious intrigues against the rightful heir. Now Mara, a young, untested Ruling lady, is called upon to lead her people in a heroic struggle for survival. But first she must rally an army of rebel warriors, form a pact with the alien cho-ja, and marry the son of a hated enemy. Only then can Mara face her most dangerous foe of all--in his own impregnable stronghold." (Excerpt from bn.com)
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Servant of the Empire
Other Side of the Riftwar #2
First Published in 1990.
Synopsis
"As leader of her noble house, the Lady Mara must contend with battles on two fronts: in the hotbed of intrigue and treachery that is the court of Tsurani, and in her heart, where her affections for a barbarian slave from the enemy world of Midkemis lead her to question the principles by which she lives." (Excerpt from bn.com)
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Mistress of the Empire
Other Side of the Riftwar #3
First Published in 1992.
Synopsis
"Besieged by spies and rival houses, stalked by a secret and merciless brotherhood of assassins, the brilliant Lady Mara of the Acoma faces the most deadly challenge she has ever known. The fearsome Black Robes see Mara as the ultimate threat to their ancient power. In search of allies who will join her against them, Mara must travel beyond civilization's borders and even into the hives of the alien cho-ja. As those near and dear to her fall victim to many enemies, Mara cries out for vengeance. Drawing on all of her courage and guile she prepares to fight her greatest battle of all--for her life, her home, and the Empire itself." (Excerpt from bn.com)
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Shadow of a Dark Queen
The Serpentwar Saga #1
First Published in 1994.
Synopsis
"In the first volume of the ``Serpent War Saga,'' the best-selling author of the ``Riftwar Saga'' introduces a new twist to an old setting. The planets Kelewan and Midkemia, central to the Riftwar novels, are home to a pair of unlikely heroes who must fight an evil race of serpents." (Excerpt from bn.com)
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Rise of a Merchant Prince
The Serpentwar Saga #2
First Published in 1995.
Synopsis
"As the lizard-like Saaus attempt to annex their newest kingdom, two friends stand against them as members of an elite spy-corps. Years pass and one of the pair becomes a successful businessman and trader whose subsequent career is filled with treachery, betrayal, and numerous power struggles." (Excerpt from bn.com)
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Rage of a Demon King
The Serpentwar Saga #3
First Published in 1998.
Synopsis
"Erik von Darkmoor has trained well and fought valiantly in the service of the Prince - and has risen up through the ranks to become a respected leader of men. Though still young in years, both he and boyhood friend Rupert "Roo" Avery - one of Krondor's preeminent merchants and one of the Kingdom's richest men - have been aged by experience. And each has an essential role to play in the cataclysm that is to come - as has every warrior, tradesperson, thief, spellweaver, spy, royal, and subject alike who stands to lose far more than life alone to the invading forces of darkness. For a demon king has escaped a world already devoured to feed on one consumed by chaos and war. A foul and terrifying thing, a nightmare creature of dark and murderous nature, it seeks to own and corrupt the very source of life itself. And soon more of its dread kind will follow - unless the most powerful sorcerers in the embattled realm can close forever a demon-spilling rift...and unlock a mystery far more dangerous and profound than anything ever known before." (Excerpt from bn.com)
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Shards of a Broken Crown
The Serpentwar Saga #4
First Published in 1999.
Synopsis
"Winter's icy grasp is loosening on the world. The Emerald Queen's vanquished army has its broken back to the Bitter Sea. And treachery is its only recourse.
A lackey has declared himself Lord of the defeated, amassing the still fearsome remnants of a ruthless fighting force together for one final assault on a weakened, vulnerable realm.
For the warriors who remained steadfast against terrible numbers, for the courageous souls who barely survived a devastating onslaught upon their homeland, the time to rebuild and renew has not yet come. The war is not over in Midkemia. And Jimmy and Dash--two young noble brothers who stand at the center of a gathering storm--are impelled to action that could secure a tenuous peace…or turn triumph into catastrophe." (Excerpt from bn.com)
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Faerie Tale
First Published in 1988.
Synopsis
"Phil Hastings was a lucky man-he had money, a growing reputation as a screenwriter, a happy, loving family with three kids, and he'd just moved into the house of his dreams in rural of magic-and about to be altered irrevocably by a magic more real than any he dared imagine. For with the Magic came the Bad Thing, and the Faerie, and then the cool. . .and the resurrection of a primordial war with a forgotten people-a war that not only the Hastings but the whole human race could lose." (Excerpt from bn.com)
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Legends
First Published in 1998.
Synopsis
"Robert Silverberg, one of the field's most distinguished editors and authors, has put together an incredible anthology that no fantasy fanatic will be able to live without. Legends includes new, never-before-published works by Stephen King, Robert Jordan, Terry Goodkind, Anne McCaffrey, Raymond E. Feist, Terry Pratchett, Orson Scott Card, Robert Silverberg, Ursula K. Le Guin, Tad Williams, and George R. R. Martin. Each story is set in its author's distinctive, unforgettable world.
Stephen King tells a tale of Roland, the Gunslinger, in the world of the Dark Tower, in 'The Little Sisters of Eluria.'
Terry Pratchett relates an amusing incident in Discworld, of a magical contest and the witch Granny Weatherwax, in 'The Sea of Little Fishes.'
Terry Goodkind tells of the origin of the Border between realms in the world of the Sword of Truth, in 'Debt of Bones.'
Orson Scott Card spins a yarn of Alvin and his apprentice from the Tales of Alvin Maker, in 'Grinning Man.'
Robert Silverberg returns to Majipoor and to Lord Valentine's adventure in an ancient tomb, in 'The Seventh Shrine.'
Ursula K. Le Guin adds a sequel to her famous books of Earthsea, portraying a woman who wants to learn magic, in 'Dragonfly.'
Tad Williams tells a dark and enthralling story of a great and haunted castle in the age before Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, in 'The Burning Man.'
George R. R. Martin sets his piece a generation before his epic, A Song of Ice and Fire, in the adventure of 'The Hedge Knight.'
Anne McCaffrey, the poet of Pern, returns once again to her world of romance and adventure in 'Runner of Pern.'
Raymond E. Feist's Riftwar Saga is the setting of the tale of 'The Wood Boy.'
Robert Jordan, in 'New Spring,' tells of crucial events in the years leading up to the Wheel of Time, of the meeting of Lan and Moirane and the beginning of the search for the child who must grow to lead in the last battle." (Excerpt from bn.com)
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