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Title: Traitor's Moon (Nightrunner, Vol. 3) by Lynn Flewelling ISBN: 0-553-57725-5 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 06 July, 1999 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.43 (65 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Traitor's Moon
Comment: "Traitor's Moon" begins a couple of years after the end of "Stalking Darkness", when things are going badly for Skala in the war against Plenimar. Queen Idrilain decides that her country's only hope is to get aid from the Aurenfaie, so she sends her daughter on a diplomatic mission. She is accompanied by our heroes, Seregil and Alec, as well as Beka and her soldiers.
The biggest problem with this book is the first two hundred pages. After a single big action sequence, things slow down quite a bit. After the band of characters enters Aurenen, a lot of time is spent on infodumps about the society there. I found this disappointing since Flewelling had managed to keep the plot moving at a good pace throughout the first two books of the series. Fortunately, things kick back into gear after they reach the city of Sarikali, and we get intrigues, a new archvillain, a murder mystery, and more. Overall, "Traitor's Moon" should be satisfactory to anyone who's enjoyed this author's other works.
Rating: 4
Summary: A little bit of a let down from the first two...
Comment: Picking up two years after the conclusion of Stalking Darkness, Traitor's Moon attempts to take its readers to places that they hadn't even fully imagined, with a trip to Aurenen, the isolationist nation to the south of the series' center, Skala. The backdrop of the new country is lovely, lush, well-crafted, but the story lags regretfully. The defining feature of the opening duology was that Flewelling launched into the story, and held to it fiercely. The books were about the plot.
However, Traitor's Moon is about Seregil dealing with his past, which was never fully explained. Alec and Seregil travel to Aurenen as part of a royal delegation to secure an alliance between the two lands. However, they, as always, find themselves a conspiracy, and try to fix everything.
Seregil is a lump in this book. He does nothing but mope; a jarring change from the ever-dynamic Seregil of the earlier books. Alec has to pick up the slack, but doesn't quite make it all the way, and the book doesn't have half the charm as it's predecessors. However, it isn't a bad book; it's just that compared to the power Flewelling displayed earlier, it's frighteningly weak.
If you loved the first two books, then I recommend this third whole-heartedly. If the first two never made it off your casual reading agenda, don't bother.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Welcome Return to Flewelling's World
Comment: Continuing her well-received Nightrunner Series, Lynn Flewelling's Traitor's Moon picks up two years after the end of Stalking Darkness. Lovers Seregil and Alec have spent the intervening time in a self-imposed exile in the wilderness of Skala, but while they have been far from the intrigues of court life, the bitter war with the Plenimarans has continued unabated. Skala is facing almost certain defeat, and the dying Queen Idrilain sees only one hope for salvation. They must renew their alliance with Aurenen, the mysterious and mystical land to the south.
The Queen is sending her youngest daughter, Princess Klia, along with one of her best military leaders, Beka Cavish, but they need an escort, someone who understands this strange land in which outsiders, or Tirfaie, have not been welcomed for centuries. That's where Seregil comes in. He is an exile of Aurenen, forced to leave as a young man for a crime of which he has never spoken. Idrilain has negotiated his return on very strict conditions, and Beka manages to convince a very reluctant Seregil to accompany them back to his homeland.
Alec, who is part Aurenfaie, is thrilled to be journeying to Aurenen, Seregil is decidedly less so. The land holds many memories for him, both happy and dark. As Alec learns more about their shared heritage, he learns much about his lover's hidden past as well. He needs to learn quickly however, because things are very different in Aurenen, and Klia will need all the help she can get on her diplomatic mission. The Aurenfaie live very long lives, so they see things quite differently. They take longer to make decisions. The problem is Skala doesn't have a lot of time. Things are getting worse on the battlefront daily, and a decision must be reached soon. Ancient intrigues threaten to sideline their work, and when a Skalan delegate is found dead, it's up to Seregil and Alec to work their master spy skills to save the mission-and Princess Klia-from certain doom.
Traitor's Moon is the third book in this series, and it differs from the first two in several significant ways. Seregil and Alec are finally a couple after their cautious and awkward courtship that spanned the first two books(...). Flewelling compensates for this well by exploring their untested relationship as they journey into Aurenen together, and by throwing in a new dose of romance with Beka and a suspicious Aurefaie guide. This book is also less action driven and therefore reads a little slower. It feels more like a political thriller than the swashbuckling adventures of the first two installments. Still, it was such a pleasure for me to return to old friends like Seregil and Alec that I loved every minute of it. Flewelling is a masterful writer and her world building skills and character development are on a par with the best in Fantasy. I was sorry to see the book end, and I'm already looking forward to the next book, to be released hopefully in 2005.
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Title: The Bone Doll's Twin (Tamir Trilogy, Book 1) by Lynn Flewelling ISBN: 0553577239 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 02 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Hidden Warrior (Tamir Trilogy, Book 2) by Lynn Flewelling ISBN: 0553583425 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Transformation by Carol Berg ISBN: 0451457951 Publisher: Roc Pub. Date: 08 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Restoration by Carol Berg ISBN: 0451458907 Publisher: Roc Pub. Date: 06 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Revelation by Carol Berg ISBN: 0451458427 Publisher: Roc Pub. Date: 08 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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