- Paperback: 31 pages
- Publisher: Wizards of the Coast (May 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1560768878
- ISBN-13: 978-1560768876
- Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 10.4 x 2.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,176,406 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Sir Tristan Hiregaard, terrified by his periodic transformation into the evil Malken, a hideous man-beast who controls a vast criminal empire, sets out to destroy, one way or another, his evil side.
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Format:Paperback
Christie Golden returns to the Land of Mists with her third Ravenloft novel (after Vampire of the Mists and Dance of the Dead), with the Enemy Within.
She once again weaves fantasy with Gothic horror to create a winning blend of politics, violence and black humour.
The tale revolves around the noble Sir Tristan Hiregaard, a man dedicated to the course of good in the land of Nova Vaasa. After a diplomatic incident between the heir to the throne of the land and the mysterious Vistani - wandering gypsies and master horsetamers of the realm - a tragedy ensues causing tempers to fray.
Events take a turn for the worse, and soon the streets in the shantytown part of Nova Vassa's capital Kantora is haunted by a perverse, brutal killer - who writes in a savage, yet obviously cultured script.
Sir Tristan, with his own crosses to bear from both the Vistani and his own estranged son struggles to capture the killer - a killer who seems to know every move he makes and remains ahead of the game.
The situation worsens as plains cats - savage panther-like creatures are found running in Kantora, killing and eating children in their path, and even the humble domestic tabby cats have turned into vicious, flesh rending killers - with the only thing able to stop them not being bow nor blade or even magic - but the whispering purr of a priest - a mysterious, masked priest of a cat worshipping cult - a priest called Malken.
Are the events linked? Will Sir Tristan find the answers to the killings, and to winning back the love of his wayward son? And just what is a Vistana maiden doing amongst the giorgio (a Vistana word for outsider) clerics of the cat cult?
Read the Enemy Within and you shall find out, an entertaining read for a dark night's enjoyment...
She once again weaves fantasy with Gothic horror to create a winning blend of politics, violence and black humour.
The tale revolves around the noble Sir Tristan Hiregaard, a man dedicated to the course of good in the land of Nova Vaasa. After a diplomatic incident between the heir to the throne of the land and the mysterious Vistani - wandering gypsies and master horsetamers of the realm - a tragedy ensues causing tempers to fray.
Events take a turn for the worse, and soon the streets in the shantytown part of Nova Vassa's capital Kantora is haunted by a perverse, brutal killer - who writes in a savage, yet obviously cultured script.
Sir Tristan, with his own crosses to bear from both the Vistani and his own estranged son struggles to capture the killer - a killer who seems to know every move he makes and remains ahead of the game.
The situation worsens as plains cats - savage panther-like creatures are found running in Kantora, killing and eating children in their path, and even the humble domestic tabby cats have turned into vicious, flesh rending killers - with the only thing able to stop them not being bow nor blade or even magic - but the whispering purr of a priest - a mysterious, masked priest of a cat worshipping cult - a priest called Malken.
Are the events linked? Will Sir Tristan find the answers to the killings, and to winning back the love of his wayward son? And just what is a Vistana maiden doing amongst the giorgio (a Vistana word for outsider) clerics of the cat cult?
Read the Enemy Within and you shall find out, an entertaining read for a dark night's enjoyment...
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
A good book without a story book ending
23 May 1996
Format:Paperback
Recently I have read a lot of "happy" endings. Where the main character saves the maiden, blah blah blah. I have read almost all of Christie Golden's work and find her a superb author. She seems to understand that real life is not what some write. Mistakes are made, and family memebers *DO* die from time to time. When you finish one of her books, any of them, you feel sad for the main character and all those who lost their lives, but at least you don't feel like they should live happily-ever-after. The Enemy Within was certainly her classic style, right down to the win/lose ending. It might lag a touch in certain areas, but it more than makes up for it in the climax and resolution
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
A good read, even if it is completely false
5 Sep 1998
Format:Paperback
In yet another example of the misinterpreted, confused history of Sir Tristen Hiregaard, we have TEW, Christie Golden's third (and worst) RL novel. However, that is not to say it is bad. Quite the opposite, it is well done and a rousing tale.
Let me clarify my above statement by saying Sir Tristen Hiregaard (not Tristan, as it is in this book) is known for having the worst continuity of any RL character, having no less than four histories, this being the third such. To help, however, the "true" one can be found in Domains of Dread, the hardcover sourcebook for the Ravenloft role-playing game.
This book, however, take all of the previous histories (which coincided fairly well) and tossed it out the window, giving us a strange tale that is not only completely opposite to Tristen/Malken's character, but completely opposite to the very history of Nova Vaasa itself.
But, I am speaking as a fan of the game world. As a fan of the novel series, I still have to say it is an excellent read (though not as good as Vampire of the Mists or Dance of the Dead, Golden's other contributions), even if it is non-canon.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Excellent horror
14 May 1998
Format:Paperback
An excellent telling of the story of one of Ravenloft's more tragic darklords. The ending leaves you satisfied, but wanting more.
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