Rise of a Merchant Prince
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4.6 • 134 Ratings
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- $8.99
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
“Feist has a natural talent for keeping the reader turning pages.”
—Chicago Sun-Times
The Serpentwar Saga continues! The second book in master fantasist Raymond E. Feist’s New York Times bestselling classic epic fantasy adventure of war, magic, betrayal, and heroism, Rise of a Merchant Prince chronicles the further exploits of the young protagonists of Shadow of a Dark Queen in the aftermath of the initial confrontation with the fearsome reptilian Sauur and the invading armies of the dreaded Emerald Queen. Return once more to Midkemia—and discover why Science Fiction Chronicle calls Raymond E. Feist, “Without question one of the very best writers of fantasy adventure practicing today.” Any reader addicted to the works of Terry Goodkind, George R. R. Martin, and Terry Brooks simply must add Feist’s Serpentwar Saga to his fantasy bookshelf.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A usual problem with sequels--that they don't measure up to the original--applies to this follow-up to Shadow of a Dark Queen, which also suffers from unexpectedly stodgy prose and a paucity of action. Focusing on Rupert Avery's rise to power and influence in the mercantile class of the City of Krondor, the narrative follows ``Roo'' as he forms a business alliance with a merchant, Helmut Grindle, whose daughter, Karli, he marries for a multitude of reasons, none of which is love. Roo begins an affair of sorts with the nasty and calculating Sylvia Easterbrook but also manages to have two children with Karli. Meanwhile, his friend and compatriot Erik von Darkmoor travels back down to the land of Novindus to battle the Pantathians (the serpents referred to in the subtitle). Throughout, the pacing is slow and the characters less than persuasive. While Feist sows enough interesting seeds here to redeem this series in its next (and final) installment, this volume is up to neither snuff nor par.
Customer Reviews
Amazing book, awful editing
I love this book. I own it in paperback and purchased it digitally so I could read it on the go. My only disappointment is the RIDICULOUS amount of typos in this edition. It is really quite distracting and rather disappointing
5-star book. 1-star editing
The book was awesome. Enjoyed the story.
But the amount of spelling errors is just mind boggling. I mean there were actually so many that it was distracting. Is this common in iBooks books?