Raymond E. Feist, Janny Wurts: Servant of Empire (Paperback, 1989, Grafton)
Paperback
Published Dec. 31, 1989 by Grafton.
Servant of the Empire is a fantasy novel by American writers Raymond E. Feist and Janny Wurts. Published in 1990, it is the second book in the Empire Trilogy, preceded by 1987's Daughter of the Empire and followed by Mistress of the Empire in 1992.
This series is so good! I'd give it 5 stars, but there are too many loose ends. Hopefully these are addressed in the 3rd and final book.
A major shift in pacing from the first book.
In the 200 pages I read, very little happened, and what did I did not enjoy much
The second in the trilogy started by Daughter of the Empire. I think the first book is still the best of the series, but the second is certainly not suffering from middle-book-syndrome as Mara continues to fight for the survival of House Acoma and comes head to head with the Minwanabi clan. Readers who have also read Feist's "Magician" trilogy will get an extra layer of appreciation from the tie-ins between the two worlds, but it's not necessary. This book is a little slower paced than the first and delves a little more deeply into the political structure of Kelewan.
