Darkwar Saga
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The Darkwar Saga is a series of fantasy novels by Raymond E. Feist.
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[edit] Concept
In the fantasy novels of Feist, a Riftwar is war between two worlds that are connected by some sort of dimensionless gap. In Feist's invented history there are several riftwars. The first Riftwar between Midkemia and Kelewan is described in the trilogy The Riftwar Saga. This Saga is a continuation of Feist's preceding works and so far suggests an upcoming, third riftwar. Raymond E. Feist has confirmed[1] that there are five Riftwars in total. The Darkwar will be followed by the Demonwar and Godswar.
[edit] Works in the Series
[edit] Flight Of The Nighthawks
Flight of the Nighthawks describes the adventures of two young boys, Tad and Zane, and their parent organization, the Conclave of Shadows. This book picks up from Exile's Return (2004), the final book in the preceding Conclave of Shadows series by Feist. The book begins in the town of Stardock, where the two boys have grown up with Marie, the mother of Tad, and self-proclaimed mother of Zane. (Zane's parents died years earlier during an attack by trolls on the town). Both boys have a tendency to get into trouble, and when Marie's lover from her childhood, Caleb (son of the Magician Pug), comes back to Stardock, she begs him to take the boys to be apprenticed. Caleb consents and travels with the boys to The Empire of Great Kesh. Along the journey they are ambushed by bandits and Caleb is fatally wounded. The magic of his parents saves him but also links the boys to the Conclave of Shadows.
As the plot unfolds the Conclave hears of an impending conflict in the capital of Kesh. They discover that the necromancer, Leso Varen, has entrenched himself and intends to use the secret band of assassins, the Night Hawks, to cause chaos in Great Kesh. On the eve of Banapis, the popular festival of the summer harvest, Varen reveals himself (he has taken over the body of the current emperor of Kesh) and attempts to kill the members of the royal court. He is stopped by the magicians of the Conclave of Shadows, including Pug, Miranda, Pug's wife, and Magnus, Pug's eldest son and Caleb's older brother. In the end Varen manages to escape again through a rift into the world of Tsurannuani.
[edit] Into a Dark Realm
This book has been published in the UK in September 2006 (UK). This book will not be published in the US until April 2007 (US).
This book continues the Darkwar saga and mostly concentrates on two groups of characters. The first group consists of Pug, Magnus, Nakor and Ralan Bek who are attempting to reach the Dasati home world. The main problem facing them is that the Dasati exist on the Second Plane, a separate reality seen as one plane closer to the seventh under-plane, known as hell (with the seventh upper-plane being heaven). The second group consists of Tad, Zane and Jommy who are sent into training by the Conclave of Shadows for their future as generals in the Conclave. The book also reveals the purpose behind the Talnoy and the reasons for Macros hiding them on Midkemia, preparing the scene for the final book.
This book is very much an intermediary book setting up the scenarios for the final book in the 3 book series (although it could be argued the Conclave books make up a 6 book series). Pug and his companions succeed in not only reaching the Dasati homeworld disguised as Dasati Lessers, they also find allies working for the White (God of Good). However, the main leader of the Dasati resistance known as the Gardener, whom they meet is revealed to be none other than Macros the Black.
[edit] Wrath of a Mad God
This book has not been published, its release date is yet to be officially announced. Reported to be 9th September 2007 by www.amazon.co.uk
[edit] Notes
- ^ SFX Magazine #150 feature, December 2006
