Krondor: The Assassins

Technopedia Center

Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science
S1 Informatics S1 Information Systems S1 Information Technology S1 Computer Engineering S1 Electrical Engineering S1 Civil Engineering

faculty of Economics and Business
S1 Management S1 Accountancy

Faculty of Letters and Educational Sciences
S1 English literature S1 English language education S1 Mathematics education S1 Sports Education

Krondor: The Assassins - Wikipedia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages)

This article describes a work or element of fiction in a primarily in-universe style. Please help rewrite it to explain the fiction more clearly and provide non-fictional perspective. (October 2009) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's notability guideline for books. Please help to demonstrate the notability of the topic by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention. If notability cannot be shown, the article is likely to be merged, redirected, or deleted.
Find sources: "Krondor: The Assassins" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (September 2023) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

(Learn how and when to remove this message)

Krondor: The Assassins
First UK edition
Author	Raymond E. Feist
Cover artist	Geoff Taylor
Language	English
Series	The Riftwar Legacy
Genre	Fantasy
Publisher	Avon Eos (US) Voyager (UK)
Publication date	September 6, 1999
Publication place	United States United Kingdom
Media type	Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages	352 (first edition)
ISBN	0-00-224695-3
Preceded by	Krondor: The Betrayal
Followed by	Krondor: Tear of the Gods

Krondor: The Assassins is a fantasy novel by American writer Raymond E. Feist. It is the second book in The Riftwar Legacy and was published in 1999 by HarperCollins under their Voyager imprint. It was preceded by Krondor: The Betrayal and followed by the third book in the saga, Krondor: Tear of the Gods.

The series was originally planned to be five books. However, the project was stalled by the owners, due to some differences between Raymond and Sierra Entertainment; nonetheless, the series may come to conclusion through an alternate medium.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Plot summary

Squire James of Krondor must find the cause for many unexplained murders plaguing Krondor. While a war is waged between the Mockers and agents of the Crawler a rival criminal with ties to Kesh. As a further complication eastern nobles arrive the Crown Prince of Roldem and the Duke of Olasko and his son and daughter. William the son of the magician Pug and Katala is commissioned as a Knight-Lieutenant and soon he is escorting the Duke on a hunt which turns out to be an ambush with two attempts on the nobles’ lives one by a group of magicians controlling panthers and another during the night by nighthawks William manages to keep them alive until aid arrives. Meanwhile, James discovered something that will lead him to the main nest of the nighthawks with the help from Ethan Graves. James, William and a few soldiers disguise and approach the supposed location which used to be a Keshian outpost. They discover a back door and enter saving one of their captured scouts and causing havoc while they wait for Prince Arutha and his army. Jimmy is captured and is readied for a sacrifice in a demon summoning. He manages to upset the ritual and the demon is loosed on the nighthawks instead of the prince’s army. William and his squad force the demon to confront Arutha who in turn kills him with his magic imbued sword. The search of the nest results in some dark books, a sealed chest and documents. Arutha then orders a forced march to port Vikor and there he is met by Admiral Trask who takes them swiftly to Krondor. There they open the chest which turns out to be a magical assassin intended for Prince Vladik. The creature is defeated with help from a priest of Prandur but a lot of damage is caused to that wing of the palace. Further inspection and translation of the captured documents reveals that the Duke of Olasko is behind the attempted murder and Arutha sends the eastern nobles back to Roldem under escort. The Mockers are back in power as the Crawler's agents are defeated, Jimmy meets the unconfirmed Upright Man of the Mockers. It is further revealed that Sidi is behind the chaos.

References

^ "The Raymond E. Feist Internet Resource Index". www.unc.edu. Archived from the original on 2001-05-12.
^ "Krondor Books". crydee.com.
^ "Rounding up the Krondor books". crydee.com.

Works by Raymond E. Feist

The Riftwar Cycle

The Riftwar Saga	Magician Silverthorn A Darkness at Sethanon
The Empire Trilogy	Daughter of the Empire Servant of the Empire Mistress of the Empire
Legends of the Riftwar	Honoured Enemy Murder in LaMut Jimmy the Hand
The Riftwar Legacy	Krondor: The Betrayal Krondor: The Assassins Krondor: Tear of the Gods
Krondor's Sons	Prince of the Blood The King's Buccaneer
The Serpentwar Saga	Shadow of a Dark Queen Rise of a Merchant Prince Rage of a Demon King Shards of a Broken Crown
Conclave of Shadows	Talon of the Silver Hawk King of Foxes Exile's Return
The Darkwar Saga	Flight of the Nighthawks Into a Dark Realm Wrath of a Mad God
The Demonwar Saga	Rides a Dread Legion At the Gates of Darkness
Chaoswar Saga	A Kingdom Besieged A Crown Imperilled Magician's End

Other works

Faerie Tale

Categories:

Hidden categories: