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  • Krondor: The Assassins

  • The Riftwar Legacy, Book 2
  • By: Raymond E. Feist
  • Narrated by: Peter Joyce
  • Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (387 ratings)

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Krondor: The Assassins

By: Raymond E. Feist
Narrated by: Peter Joyce
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Publisher's Summary

The second instalment of The Riftwar Legacy, Assassins reveals Feist at his storytelling best. There is intrigue, humour, and breakneck action aplenty here from the undisputed master of epic fantasy.

Fresh back from the front, another foe defeated, Prince Arutha arrives to find all is not well in Krondor. A series of apparently random murders has brought an eerie quiet to the city. Where normally the streets are bustling with merchants and tricksters, good life and night life, now there seems to be a self-imposed curfew at sundown.

Mutilated bodies have been turning up in the sewers, the Mockers' demense. The Thieves' Guild has been decimated - men, women, children, it matters not. The head of the Mockers is missing, presumed dead. Those few who survived the terrible attacks are lying low. Very low.

The Crawler, it seems, is back in town. And he's being helped by others more ruthless than he. Can it be the Nighthawks again? The prince enlists his loyal squire, James, to find out. If anyone can unravel what's happening in the bowels of Krondor, he can. He knows the sewers like the back of his hand. After all, as Jimmy the Hand, he grew up there.

Meanwhile the retinue of the duke of Olasko has arrived suddenly at the palace, a week ahead of schedule but with no apologies and many demands. They say they are there to hunt. But to hunt what? Pug's son, William, on his first posting as a knight-lieutenant, must escort them into the wilds. It should have been a straightforward mission....

©2015 Raymond E. Feist (P)2015 HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Critic Reviews

Praise for Raymond E. Feist:

"File under guilty pleasure." (Guardian)
"Get in at the start of a master's new series." (Daily Sport)
"Well-written and distinctly above average...intelligent...intriguing." (Publishers Weekly)
"Epic scope...vivid imagination...a significant contribution to the growth of the field of fantasy." (Washington Post)

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This along with all scurf's books is amazing. Peter Joyce animates everything so well. You know who is talking in the story just by the way their voice is used. Fave author, fantastic reader.

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Excellent

Exciting, gripping, brilliantly narrated with a fast moving story line. Once again highly recommend. Can’t wait to start the last book in this series.

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Didn't enjoy

I have enjoyed most of the previous trilogies but this one has the weakest storyline so far - long periods of dull and dreary narrative

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Good book

loved this book a truly amazing read highly recommend to any who appreciate the genre

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hey it's a-ruth-a

I love these books but all the names are said wrong and it sucks

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Would’ve been nice if they had a map as the onscreen image

Voice acting is competent but was constantly annoyed by how he pronounced some words like a-root-a (Arutha)

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like fingernails on a chalkboard

Love the story. The pronunciation of names and certain words by the narrator is abysmal though

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ok

it's a bridging story. seemed like it could have been a few chapters in another book to set up future books. I enjoy the characters but the story was weak.

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Excellent Story !

Loved the Story, was great to hear more about Arutha, Jimmy and William. Peter Joyce as always does a brilliant job of narrating. So descriptive.

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great book

great book but a few audio issues in later chapters (like a dj on a record player)

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