540 pages
English language
Published Dec. 13, 1999 by Bantam Doubleday.
Master spies Seregil and Alec are no strangers to peril. Their assignments, nightrunning for wizards and nobles, have led them into many deadly situations. But sometimes the greatest danger can lurk beneath a Traitor's Moon. . . .
Wounded heroes of a cataclysmic battle, Seregil and Alec have spent the past two years in self-imposed exile, far from their adopted homeland, Skala, and the bitter memories there. But as the war rages on, their time of peace is shattered by a desperate summons from Queen Idralain, asking them to aid her daughter on a mission to Aurënen, the very land from which Seregil was exiled in his youth. Here, in this fabled realm of magic and honor, he must at last confront the demons of his dark past, even as Alec discovers an unimagined heritage. And caught between Skala's desperate need and the ancient intrigues of the Aurënfaie, they soon …
Master spies Seregil and Alec are no strangers to peril. Their assignments, nightrunning for wizards and nobles, have led them into many deadly situations. But sometimes the greatest danger can lurk beneath a Traitor's Moon. . . .
Wounded heroes of a cataclysmic battle, Seregil and Alec have spent the past two years in self-imposed exile, far from their adopted homeland, Skala, and the bitter memories there. But as the war rages on, their time of peace is shattered by a desperate summons from Queen Idralain, asking them to aid her daughter on a mission to Aurënen, the very land from which Seregil was exiled in his youth. Here, in this fabled realm of magic and honor, he must at last confront the demons of his dark past, even as Alec discovers an unimagined heritage. And caught between Skala's desperate need and the ancient intrigues of the Aurënfaie, they soon find themselves snared in a growing web of treachery and betrayal.
OK, this series just keeps getting better. That was beautifully done.
I ordered this book from Clarkesworld after my favorite author, Anne Bishop, recommended Lynn Flewelling.
By the time I read this, I had already read the Tamir Triad, only as the books for that trilogy were more quickly available to me than the books in the Nightrunner series.
I read this book in a couple days. It is not a particularly fast read. The passage of time from when the last book finished and this one started was nice. The war is still on, which is a surprise, but yet not considering the Tamir Triad. After this book I had thoughts of how similar Skala/Mycena/Plenimar/Aurenen are to Valdemar/Rethwellen/Karse/the nomadic people who I can't think of their name.
I highly recommend Ms. Flewelling's work.
