Night angel nemesis
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The incredible return to the New York Times bestselling world of the Night Angel, where master assassin Kylar Stern embarks on a new adventure as the High King Logan Gyre calls on him to save his kingdom and the hope of peace."Weeks has been showing other fantasy authors how it's done for over fifteen years." — Peter V. Brett, author of The Desert Prince"Weeks is a giant of the genre." — Nicholas Eames, author of Kings of the Wyld
After the war that cost him so much, Kylar Stern is broken and alone. He's determined not to kill again, but an impending amnesty will pardon the one murderer he can't let walk free. He promises himself this is the last time. One last hit to tie up the loose ends of his old, lost life. But Kylar's best — and maybe only — friend, the High King Logan Gyre, needs him. To protect a fragile peace, Logan’s new kingdom, and the king’s twin sons, he needs Kylar to secure a powerful magical artifact that was unearthed during the war. With rumors that a ka'kari may be found, adversaries both old and new are on the hunt. And if Kylar has learned anything, it’s that ancient magics are better left in the hands of those he can trust. If he does the job right, he won’t need to kill at all. This isn’t an assassination — it’s a heist. But some jobs are too hard for an easy conscience, and some enemies are so powerful the only answer lies in the shadows."Weeks writes in an inescapably engaging style. Breathlessly high stakes, terrible missteps, and unexpected revelations keep the story humming along at a breakneck pace." — Andrea Stewart, author of The Bone Shard Daughter For more from Brent Weeks, check out:The Ka'kari Codex The Night Angel TrilogyThe Way of ShadowsShadow's Edge Beyond the ShadowsThe Kylar ChroniclesNight Angel NemesisThe Night Angel Trilogy: 10th Anniversary EditionNight Angel: The Complete Trilogy (omnibus) Perfect Shadow: A Night Angel NovellaThe Way of Shadows: The Graphic NovelLightbringerThe Black PrismThe Blinding KnifeThe Broken EyeThe Blood MirrorThe Burning WhiteMore Details
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Published Reviews
Booklist Review
Vi has three days to read a book. She, a novice of the Chantry sisters, is the only one who can read it; when anyone else tries, it appears to be nonsense. Locked in a library, she reads Kylar's narrative that starts with him breaking into Count Repha'im's estate in search of revenge. Kylar is almost immediately in over his head, since he hasn't been paying attention to politics. The queen has been claiming to have prophetic dreams about disaster befalling her infant children, and the King convinces Kylar to watch over the children while he and the queen go on a vital diplomatic mission. The infants are kidnapped, and Kylar agrees to find an artifact that might help retrieve the children. Vi learns more than she'd bargained for about Kylar's emotional state--although the only thing the Chantry cares about is the location of an artifact Kylar possesses. Kylar and Vi's stories are part of a vibrant if unstable fantasy world, and fans of this kind of massive epic will find plenty to enjoy between the political machinations and Kylar's occasionally long-winded but entertaining voice.
Publisher's Weekly Review
Weeks cleverly continues the fantasy saga begun in his Night Angel trilogy with the exciting launch of the Kylar Chronicles spin-off series. Assassin Kylar Stern's magic powers include a kind of immortality; he's automatically restored to life when killed, but someone he loves then dies in his stead. He's introduced while breaking into a heavily guarded estate to kill twisted artist Trudana Jadwin, the woman who murdered Stern's foster sister, Magdalyn, and turned her corpse "into a perfectly lifelike statue made of undecaying flesh." Following the end of the war that dominated the previous series, Jadwin is slated to benefit from a general royal amnesty declared by High King Logan Gyre, and Stern's resolved to forestall that unjust outcome. This effort proves to be only the prologue to a more complex mission: the rescue of the monarch's infant twins, possibly with the help of a magical artifact that Stern must locate first. Weeks keeps the plot moving, despite the book's length, and makes it easy for newcomers to get engaged in this world. Fantasy fans who like roguish antiheroes will want to check this out. Agent: Donald Maass, Donald Maass Literary. (Apr.)
Booklist Reviews
Vi has three days to read a book. She, a novice of the Chantry sisters, is the only one who can read it; when anyone else tries, it appears to be nonsense. Locked in a library, she reads Kylar's narrative that starts with him breaking into Count Repha'im's estate in search of revenge. Kylar is almost immediately in over his head, since he hasn't been paying attention to politics. The queen has been claiming to have prophetic dreams about disaster befalling her infant children, and the King convinces Kylar to watch over the children while he and the queen go on a vital diplomatic mission. The infants are kidnapped, and Kylar agrees to find an artifact that might help retrieve the children. Vi learns more than she'd bargained for about Kylar's emotional state—although the only thing the Chantry cares about is the location of an artifact Kylar possesses. Kylar and Vi's stories are part of a vibrant if unstable fantasy world, and fans of this kind of massive epic will find plenty to enjoy between the political machinations and Kylar's occasionally long-winded but entertaining voice. Copyright 2023 Booklist Reviews.
Publishers Weekly Reviews
Weeks cleverly continues the fantasy saga begun in his Night Angel trilogy with the exciting launch of the Kylar Chronicles spin-off series. Assassin Kylar Stern's magic powers include a kind of immortality; he's automatically restored to life when killed, but someone he loves then dies in his stead. He's introduced while breaking into a heavily guarded estate to kill twisted artist Trudana Jadwin, the woman who murdered Stern's foster sister, Magdalyn, and turned her corpse "into a perfectly lifelike statue made of undecaying flesh." Following the end of the war that dominated the previous series, Jadwin is slated to benefit from a general royal amnesty declared by High King Logan Gyre, and Stern's resolved to forestall that unjust outcome. This effort proves to be only the prologue to a more complex mission: the rescue of the monarch's infant twins, possibly with the help of a magical artifact that Stern must locate first. Weeks keeps the plot moving, despite the book's length, and makes it easy for newcomers to get engaged in this world. Fantasy fans who like roguish antiheroes will want to check this out. Agent: Donald Maass, Donald Maass Literary. (Apr.)
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