false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1220884899m/74270.jpg 74270 10 "A new star is rising in the fantasy firmament...teems with magic and spine-chilling amounts of skullduggery."&#8211;Dave Duncan, author of <i>The Great Game<br></i><br>When young Alec of Kerry is taken prisoner for a crime he didn&#8217;t commit, he is certain that his life is at an end. But one thing he never expected was his cellmate. Spy, rogue, thief, and noble, Seregil of Rhiminee is many things&#8211;none of them predictable. And when he offers to take on Alec as his apprentice, things may never be the same for either of them. Soon Alec is traveling roads he never knew existed, toward a war he never suspected was brewing. Before long he and Seregil are embroiled in a sinister plot that runs deeper than either can imagine, and that may cost them far more than their lives if they fail. But fortune is as unpredictable as Alec&#8217;s new mentor, and this time there just might be&#8230;Luck in the Shadows. 2495 1 9 1996 Luck in the Shadows (Nightrunner, #1) total:804|5:319|4:308|3:146|2:26|1:5| 804 3322 1150 92 4 4 false false Thu Mar 20 17:55:50 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 24 12:45:47 -0700 2008 are not gay; they're bisexual. Both of them express interest in and have relationships with women. It's a silly thing to get nitpicky about, but I do. On with business.

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The more I read into it, however, the more I liked it and the harder it was to put it down. She uses a lot of description and although sometim...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jan 29 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Oct 20 15:30:14 -0700 2008 Thu Feb 19 09:52:26 -0800 2009 The Bone Doll's Twin so bought the Nightrunner trilogy. Took me a few years, but I pulled these off the TBR shelf. Alec and Seregil are fun charactars, but the situations Lynn puts them in -- I swear she's a bit of a sadist :-)more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun May 10 08:00:12 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 14:45:47 -0700 2009 Sun May 10 08:00:12 -0700 2009
Adventure. Fantastical worlds, but very accessible. Very "male adventure," but Flewelling makes some ni...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jun 26 05:59:14 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 19:44:16 -0700 2009 1
Other than that, Flewelling is an okay author. I felt a little cheated at the end, she dro...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Oct 07 10:04:45 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 07 10:04:56 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 15 18:19:45 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 18 16:45:45 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 01:43:43 -0700 2008 Thu Jan 01 09:46:56 -0800 2009
After a bit of a bumpy start (sudden change of POV, a lot of facts about the world in the dialoge and a plot that seemed to ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 29 15:42:33 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 30 14:22:04 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jun 15 23:22:03 -0700 2007 Sat Jun 16 12:57:07 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Mar 27 15:40:42 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 27 15:41:11 -0700 2008
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The characters are interesting and well-developed Flewelling ...more...]]> 5 0 false true Mon Jul 20 18:54:23 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 18:58:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=74270