The long awaited and joyous wedding of Arutha, Prince of Krondor, to the beautiful young Princess Anita, is cruelly cut short when Anita is struck by a poisoned arrow, from the bow of the Nighthawks - an underground cult of death, in league with the darkest and most evil powers. I'm so glad my friend Eon wanted to buddy read these in our BB&B group and that my friend Matthew also recommended the first book to me =) I actually like this one better than the first two books although they all fit together perfectly and this is a great series so far =) There are a lot of things going on but it's so wonderful, I can't say it enough. Pug has to venture back to an old land and he's going to have to fight the darkness at some point. There are a lot of fighting and some torture. Things end up great for every one for a bit. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention Laurie earlier =) He's the minstrel but Carline (the king and brothers sister is trying to get him to marry her). I mean they are in regular bodies and then they reanimate and all kinds of evil stuff. They go on a dangerous quest because these evil beings are after them. Arutha, Martin, some guards I like but forgot their names (for shame) some other people they pick up along the way and Jimmy and Laurie.

The gang have to go off on a quest to find the silverthorn in order to uh, help things, yeah, help things. His wife, Katala and his son William is there too.

Some horrible thing happens and Pug and Kulgan show up! OMG! Pug =) He's a most powerful wizard now and he's there trying to help with something that happened. I'm just skimming through this review but know there is a lot of stuff going on in the book. Anyway, someone or thing is out to kill Arutha and it's not good at all! Arutha just wants to get married to Anita and get on with life, but alas, that never happens. This is about Arutha for the most part though. Lyam is the King and Arutha and Martin are his brothers. I love Jimmy so much! He's so good! I mean he's a thief and all but still he soon becomes someone important in Arutha's crew.

Well, all through the book but it tells more about them in the beginning. I loved the story of Jimmy and Arutha in the beginning. Reread - unhaul paperback - getting audio and kindle

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