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Traitor's Knot (Wars of Light and Shadow #7)
by
Janny Wurts (Goodreads Author)
The gripping penultimate instalment of the Alliance of Light.
When half brothers Lysaer and Arithon defeated the Mistwraith its revenge left them cursed to lifelong enmity.
Having conquered the maze and acheived self-redemption, Arithon, Master of Shadow, is now the guest of the formidable sorcerer, Davien the Betrayor. No one knows how his influence will affect Arithon’s re...more
When half brothers Lysaer and Arithon defeated the Mistwraith its revenge left them cursed to lifelong enmity.
Having conquered the maze and acheived self-redemption, Arithon, Master of Shadow, is now the guest of the formidable sorcerer, Davien the Betrayor. No one knows how his influence will affect Arithon’s re...more
Paperback, 602 pages
Published
August 1st 2005
by Harper Voyager
(first published 2004)
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I could die happy wrapped in the beauty of Janny's prose. :) In this book, Arithon heals from one trauma only to plunge himself into the middle of another. His doofus brother, Lysaer, has gotten himself wrapped up with some necromancers and Arithon has to try to save the world (and his brother, btw) from their dark and nefarious clutches. Elaira is shut off from their empathic connection during this process and she (and I) nearly die of fear for his life. More of the heart stopping action, the b...more
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With every new book in the WARS OF LIGHT AND SHADOW series by Janny Wurts, it gets harder and harder to write a review without either including massive spoilers for previous volumes or simply repeating the praise already heaped on it in earlier reviews. There are only so many variations on “gorgeous prose,” “intricate world-building,” “deep characterization,” “the books are consistently excellent” and so on. It’s especially hard to avoid spoilers for Traitor’s Knot, given that it’s the fourth bo...more
There is a lot of music in The Wars of Light and Shadow – not only is the series’ main protagonist a preternaturally gifted masterbard, whose music is capable of working something very close to magic and is a recurring important plot element through all of the novels, not only does Janny Wurts make constant use of musical imagery and occasionally even structure (like at the end of Peril’s Gate where Elaira’s repeated “Cry, Mercy” serves as a kind of pedal point to Arithon’s ordeal) – but in a se...more
I enjoy this series very much - although it's not remarkably original in its light-vs.-dark, wizards and sorceresses, pseudo-medieval setting, it's fun fantasy adventure with engaging characters and plenty of action. However, by this point in the series (the seventh large, fat book dealing with Our Hero Arithon's curse-inflicted conflict with his half-brother, Lysaer) it kind of seems like nothing's really going anywhere. The curse is still ongoing. Love remains unfulfilled. Alliances are formed...more
As I've said before in other reviews, I Love Janny Wurtz, if I can just read a single book, not a series. It seems that she can't bring anything to a satisfactory conclusion. For example, an aside conflict in this series (this is book 7) is the Wizards on-going battle with some distant wraiths that occasionally free themselves of the bondage spell they are in and head to earth, this battle saps the strength from the wizards, and other than that adds nothing to the story line. In this book, as a...more
Traitor's Knot is the fourth book (of five) in the third arc and seventh in the series. (This is not a series that should be picked up in the middle.) The focus is on Arithon (yay!), and secondarily, on Lysaer. So much happens in this book. Strained by the havoc dealt to Athera's natural balance by the Koriani, Fellowship oversight of prevailing politics is hobbled. Prime Selidie presses her plot(s) to entangle Arithon. Once again out and about, Davien selectively meddles. Arithon, as always, tr...more
Summary: Ongoing tale of two brothers who are basically immortal and cursed to try and destroy each other using most of the resources of a modest size fantasy world to do so.
Things I liked:
All the machinations of the fringe groups and some of the secondary characters are quite well done. I'm initrigued by the 'compact' that is supported by this group of immortal wizards who seem to be a kind of global protection agency flying around the place making sure nobody gets too much power at once.
Thi...more
Things I liked:
All the machinations of the fringe groups and some of the secondary characters are quite well done. I'm initrigued by the 'compact' that is supported by this group of immortal wizards who seem to be a kind of global protection agency flying around the place making sure nobody gets too much power at once.
Thi...more
After both the setup and potential of the last book, I'm happy to have found Traitor's Knot to be not only a solid successor but also the best book of the series thus far. The story has definitely turned a corner in both character development and plot and has at least somewhat abandoned the wallowing in self-pity which has permeated so much of the previous volumes.
The biggest flaw in this book was the introduction of the new "bad guys". They almost felt like they came out of nowhere, despite th...more
The biggest flaw in this book was the introduction of the new "bad guys". They almost felt like they came out of nowhere, despite th...more
Four and a half stars. I enjoyed this book, and the pacing definitely felt faster than previous books. The reason why I knocked off half a star is personal, and is likely not to apply to other readers. I...am not a fan of perfect characters. I like my characters to have...flaws. And I think that is why I am...less of a fan of the main character. He has just become too perfect. It is the other primary character (who drives me batty because he has his head in a bucket [figuratively]) and the secon...more
Traitor’s Knot, seventh book in The Wars of Light and Shadow series. Robert Jordan should be reading Janny Wurts to see how it is done. Complex characters with complex relationship, noble honest rouges, golden heroes who lie to themselves, a history that stretches back beyond memory, scheming, betraying, heroic sacrifices, and more that fill a storyline that actually moves along. Where Jordan’s novels have bogged down to nothing happening in 600 pages that relate the events of two or three days;...more
Constantly re-read this one because the twins become more developed in this book, as does the betrayer. There is more optimism and the end seems near.
Long, kind of drawn out, but still a good read! It's been a while since I read any of Janny's works, so had to catch up with the characters.
Jul 15, 2010
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Janny Wurts is the author of War of Light and Shadow series, and To Ride Hell's Chasm. Her eighteen published titles include a trilogy in audio, a short story collection, as well as the internationally best selling Empire trilogy, co authored with Raymond E. Feist, with works translated into fifteen languages worldwide. Her latest title in the Wars of Light and Shadow series, Initiate's Trial, cul...more
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