Krondor: The Betrayal
novel 1998 Riftwar Cycle
Record
| First published | 1998 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780002246941 |
| Internal chronology | 9 |
Synopsis
Set in the Kingdom of the Isles, this novel opens as Gorath, a moredhel (dark elf) noble, defects from his own people to warn the kingdom of a deadly threat: the assassin cult of the Nighthawks has resumed its killings, and a secret cabal of six renegade magicians is orchestrating a wider conspiracy. Squires James and Locklear are tasked with helping defend Krondor against a feared renewed moredhel invasion, while Gorath allies with an inexperienced young magician named Owyn to trace the conspiracy to its source. Complicating matters, a shadowy criminal figure known only as the Crawler is destabilizing the city's underworld through smuggling operations tied to Tsurani gems, adding a further layer of danger and intrigue as the different threads of political, magical, and criminal menace begin to converge on Krondor.
Where it sits
- Universe: Riftwar Cycle
- Series: The Riftwar Legacy ; position 1 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Raymond E. Feist
Notes
- Novelization of the 1993 video game Betrayal at Krondor.
- From the series record (The Riftwar Legacy): Video-game novelizations plus a closing novella; classified Expanded (derivative of the games), though part of official continuity.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series The Riftwar Legacy: position 1 of 4: next Krondor: The Assassins (1999)
- Internal chronology, within Riftwar Cycle: position 9 of 30: previous Servant of the Empire (1990) · next Mistress of the Empire (1992)
Sources
- Crydee.com, Official Raymond E. Feist site
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Riftwar_Cycle
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krondor:_The_Betrayal
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