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July 6th 1999
by Bantam Spectra
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Mass Market Paperback, 540 pages
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0553577255
(isbn13: 9780553577259)
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Master spies Seregil and Alec are no strangers to peril. Their assignments, nightrunning for wizards and nobles, have led them into many deadly situat...more
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Read in December, 2007
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Read in May, 2007
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This installment felt somewhat transitional to me, coming after the interconnected, myth-arcs-to-the-brim feeling of the first two books. This feeling makes even more sense now that LF has said the fourth and fifth Nightrunner books will be a two-parter of the same story, as well. This book is absolutely necessary for Seregil, who was in some ways ruined by the events of SD. Seregil needs this book to be able to deal with his issues - including those pesky ones from his childhood - so that he an...more
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Seregil and Alec have left Rhiminee, and are living in the wilds of Skala, as far from civilization as they can get. Seregil is still recovering from the emotional trauma he suffered at the end of Darkness, and the only person he wants anything to do with is Alec. Alec has finally more-or-less completed his training, and the two are now equals, and lovers. Their idyllic existence is interrupted when Seregil recieves a summons from the Queen of Skala, who asks him to accompany her daugh...more
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Having essentially wrapped up her major storyline in Stalking Darkness, Flewelling explores Seregil's complicated past and homeland in this third installment of her excellent Nightrunner fantasy series. Traitor's Moon is the least satisfying of the three, however, for several reasons. First, Flewelling inexplicably eshews the swift action-adventure storylines that propelled this series to greatness by instead narrowly focusing on the rather mundane and static political machinations of Seregil'...more
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I usually read the first book of a series and then wander away for a while until I suddenly find myself wondering "Whatever happened to..."
But in this case, I needed to know now.
The Nightrunner series is technically 'high fantasy' but readers probably won't notice it until this third book, when an entirely new civilization is introduced and a whole new world has to be built up. While it is intricately described, the explanations are well paced and dashed through the story, i...more
But in this case, I needed to know now.
The Nightrunner series is technically 'high fantasy' but readers probably won't notice it until this third book, when an entirely new civilization is introduced and a whole new world has to be built up. While it is intricately described, the explanations are well paced and dashed through the story, i...more
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Read in July, 2008
Having finished ‘Stalking Darkness’ less than a week before starting this one, my first reaction to seeing that ‘Traitor’s Moon’ takes place two years later was to be disappointed, because I didn’t want to miss anything. I got quickly over that though and enjoyed the book a lot.
Being back in their world, with the characters, learning new things about them and their world… and simply spending time with them…
I’m really in love with those books and I’m so happy ...more
Being back in their world, with the characters, learning new things about them and their world… and simply spending time with them…
I’m really in love with those books and I’m so happy ...more
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Flewelling should stop at two. She develops excellent stories over her first two books, and the third one becomes long, drawn out, and considerably less interesting. That being said, since I'm in love with the two main characters and their relationship, I can't help enjoying any book written about them. This one takes us into a somewhat stereotypical fantasy fairy land where the people are tall, fair, and long-lived. Despite that, we learn some interesting things about Aurenfaie culture, and...more
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Read in January, 2008
Alec and Seregil and Beka go to Aurenen to enlist the faie's help in the war.
I really, really enjoyed this one. The focus was on Seregil's continuing exile and the faie's current political situation, which makes this sound dull, I realize, but it was really a lot of fun. It took me awhile to get the faie tribes' names and alliances straight, but I thought the intrigue was fascinating and I just loved having Alec and Seregil together.
I've heard book 4 is coming out in June, and I can't wa...more
I really, really enjoyed this one. The focus was on Seregil's continuing exile and the faie's current political situation, which makes this sound dull, I realize, but it was really a lot of fun. It took me awhile to get the faie tribes' names and alliances straight, but I thought the intrigue was fascinating and I just loved having Alec and Seregil together.
I've heard book 4 is coming out in June, and I can't wa...more
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Traitor's Moon was actually the first book in the Nightrunner series that I read. Immediately, I fell in love with Seregil and Alec. They have a great relationship that's deep and quiet, they don't talk about it but everybody sees that they're in love. I was happy to find an author who wrote a fantasy book with a gay relationship that's considered natural, a book in which nobody raises an eyebrow about it. Still one of my favorite books ever.
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A third book in the Nightrunner series, but not a sequel to the first two, as those adventures ended. Instead, a new chapter is started, just with most of the same characters as before.
This book doesn't have as much adventure in it, though it does introduce a new world. There is more intrique, but luckily for me, not enough to overshadow the characters or the pieces they need to learn.
This book doesn't have as much adventure in it, though it does introduce a new world. There is more intrique, but luckily for me, not enough to overshadow the characters or the pieces they need to learn.
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Traitor’s Moon is one of my favorite books. It’s one of those ‘page-turners’ you seriously can’t put down. I first read it in college and it was so engrossing I actually consciously decided to finish the book instead of studying for one of my finals (relax, I passed).
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Read in March, 2008
Slow, slow, slow for the first half, and far too many new characters. Much better once things start to happen, of course.
It's "next chapter in the lives of these characters" book, and in that way it works. The politics seems incidental, more of an excuse for the characters to be where they are and doing things while their explore their past and move forward.
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Bit of a snoozer, and the one where Flewelling falls a little too in love with world building.
Everyone is mopey and depressed, and people keep dying or doing awful things or crying, and I can't keep anyone straight because all the people and clans have fantasy book names. A disappointing ending for an otherwise enjoyable series.
Everyone is mopey and depressed, and people keep dying or doing awful things or crying, and I can't keep anyone straight because all the people and clans have fantasy book names. A disappointing ending for an otherwise enjoyable series.
Read in January, 2005
I was a little taken aback from the jump the series made. This book is the continuation, but also in totally different scenery then the first two. It was not bad, but it did not hold me so fast as the first two. It felt more like a step into a poetic country from war world (which it was).
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Read in February, 2005
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those who love intrigue
This novel doesn't have the same 'magic' that enchanted me in the last two, but it's still a lovely read. Attempted murder, Seregil dealing with his past, and little finger-sized dragons, Flewelling shows us yet more of her enchanting world and the Aurenfaie.
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Oh man, this one was great. Quite an abstraction from the direction of the second book, but still seven kinds of awesome. It made me want to go and find a dragon so I could get bitten
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Strangely, I never quite remember how this one unfolds. Re-reading the first three in this series in preparation for the recently-published Shadows Return.
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I just reread the whole series! i really love this series and just learned a few weeks ago that a new book in this series is coming out, so I am really happy!
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Definitely a fine addition to the Nightrunner series. A very very good book that I couldn't put down. Great storyline that just screams adventure.
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