Rise of a Merchant Prince
core novel 1995 Riftwar Cycle
Record
| First published | 1995 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.09 (31,479 ratings, collected 2026-09-12) |
| Page count | 406 |
| First-edition ISBN | 0-00-224148-X |
| First-edition date | 1995-10 |
| Internal chronology | 17 |
Synopsis
Rise of a Merchant Prince is the second book of the Serpentwar Saga, continuing after the survivors of the Novindus expedition return to the Kingdom with warning of the invasion to come. Roo Avery, freed from his old life of poverty and crime, begins building a trading business and pursuing wealth and status with the same ruthless ambition he once used only to survive, while his friend Erik von Darkmoor continues to rise within the Kingdom's military as it prepares its defenses. The book follows Roo's calculated climb toward becoming one of the richest merchants in the Kingdom, a rise built on shrewd deals and dangerous risks, even as the looming threat from Novindus and the demands of soldiering shape Erik's separate path, and the two men's diverging fortunes set the stage for the war still to come.
Where it sits
- Universe: Riftwar Cycle
- Series: The Serpentwar Saga core; position 2 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Raymond E. Feist
Notes
- UK edition ISBN, which preceded the US edition.
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 Serpentwar Saga: position 2 of 4: previous Shadow of a Dark Queen (1994) · next Rage of a Demon King (1997)
- Internal chronology, within Riftwar Cycle: position 17 of 30: previous Shadow of a Dark Queen (1994) · next Rage of a Demon King (1997)
Sources
- Crydee.com, Official Raymond E. Feist site
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Riftwar_Cycle
- https://www.isfdb.org
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Serpentwar_Saga
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