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Krondor: The Betrayal

By: Raymond E. Feist
Narrated by: Peter Joyce
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Book one of the Riftwar Legacy

Continuing on from Feist’s bestselling Riftwar Saga comes a spellbinding adventure. Now in a brilliant new livery.

‘Tons of intrigue and action’ – Publishers Weekly

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’s nine years on from the aftermath of Sethanon and peace has settled over the land. But news of deadly forces stirring on the horizon, brought by the moredhel Gorath, threatenS danger once more for the Kingdom of the Isles.

Nighthawks are murdering again. Politics becomes a dangerous, cut-throat game. And at the root of it all lies a mysterious group of magicians known only as The Six.

Surrounded on all sides by gangs, criminal masterminds and traitors to the crown, it’s only a matter of time before the Kingdom of the Isles is brought down to its knees …

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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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Although this story could be enjoyed as a stand alone book, I absolutely recommend reading the previous Riftwar Cycle books in order. At a minimum read the Serpent War trilogy. Armed with this prior reading, the relationships between both groups of people and individuals will be really clear.

This book was as enjoyable as all the others. It revolves around a plot of betrayal as the title suggests, but also focusses on the three different 'races' of elves; their reticence towards each other, and history. Both old characters, e.g. Pug, Squire Jimmy, Lochlear and new; Goran the moradell and a young untrained magician have adventures together. There are epic journeys, battles both physically and mentally testing. Some characters I grew to like got killed off. I always want all the goodies to pull through, but Feist never lets you have a good story without paying some emotional currency along the way. I'm purposely not giving detail so as not to spoil the book for others.

It's a good'n!! Just get it!!

Vintage Feist

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As usual the main characters work together to rid their world of dark forces.
Peter Joyce is a great narrator.

The story continues.

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Feists book do exactly what they say on the tin. If you like the previous saga's in this universe, then you'll love this.
It opens up so much more scope for the universe to go into, with new characters and old favourites too.
I really enjoyed this one and can't wait to see where he goes with it!

I struggle to listen to a lot of audio books, especially in this genre. There are so many different races and accents in them, that, for me, it can be hard to listen to and/or follow. Invariably, I end up giving up after a few chapters and buying a physical copy too.

REF'S books were the opposite for me though.
I'd read the first two saga's in physical format, but started the third saga as an audiobook. After listening to the first of those, I ended buying all of the previous books in audio format and litened to them all again before continuing with the rest of them.

Of course, it helps when you have one of the best in the business narrating it for you!
Obviously when it comes to narration, it's a personal preference and, for me, Peter Joyce is one of the best multi-character narrator's around. I'd swear there were more than one person doing it.

If you like Raymond E Feist and Peter Joyce, you can't wrong with, not just this, but the previous saga's too.

Would highly recommend!!

Feist at his best!

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If you could sum up Krondor: The Betrayal in three words, what would they be?

Gripping, reliable and well narrated

What did you like best about this story?

Plenty of characters and all well drawn, the story picks up threads in previous books

What does Peter Joyce bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?

Peter Joyce is a wonderful narrator her manages to give each character an individuality.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

No it was a ripping yarn thoroughly enjoyable

A very good story

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I have loved this authors wrighting from the beginning and he still is in the top 10 story tellers
of all time in my opinion

Masterful as usual

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