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Krondor: The Betrayal (Riftwar Saga) (Paperback)

by Raymond E. Feist (Author)
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  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Voyager; New Ed edition (15 Mar 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0002246996
  • ISBN-13: 978-0002246996
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 620,974 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Amazon.co.uk Review

The video game industry has always drawn upon works of fiction for inspiration--sooner or later, the process had to reverse itself. Krondor the Betrayal began its life as the best-selling role-playing video game of all time, written by Raymond E. Feist for Dynamix Inc. Feist, whose Serpentwar Saga has sold millions of copies and established him as one of the most popular fantasy authors of modern times, also wrote this novelization, which places the action of the game in the context of his fully-realised fantasy setting, Midkemia.

Feist has legions of fans. Long-time readers will be delighted at the return of popular characters Pug the Wizard, Squire Locklear and others, as they face the menace of a marauding elf war-chieftain and a mysterious cabal of wizards. But first-time Feist readers may find Krondor the Betrayal baffling and tiresome--without the momentum of the larger series, much of the story's effect is diminished. The video game influence in this book is unmistakable, as evidenced by an encumbrance of sword fights, multilevel conspiracy, and two-dimensional characters.--Brendan J. LaSall, Amazon.com



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A new episode in Feist's massively successful Riftwar saga. From the endlessly inventive mind of one of fantasy's all time greats, comes a spellbinding new adventure featuring old favourites Jimmy, Locklear and Pug. It is nine years on from the aftermath of Sethanon. There has been peace awhile and it's been needed. But news is feeding through to the people of the Kingdom of the Isles that deadly forces are stirring on the horizon. The bringer of the latest tidings is Gorath, a moredhel (dark elf). The bloodletting has started. Nighthawks are murdering again. Politics is a dangerous, cut-throat game once more. At the root of all this unrest lie the mysterious machinations of a group of magicians known as The Six. Meanwhile, renegade Tsurani gem smugglers, a rival criminal gang to the Mockers led by someone known only as The Crawler, and traitors to the crown are all conspiring to bring the Kingdom of the Isles to its knees.

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars 'Dire' doesn't really cover it., 17 Jan 2005
By Ian Tapley "thefragrantwookiee" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Krondor: The Betrayal: Books One of the Riftwar Legacy (Riftwar Saga) (Paperback)
THE STORY:
A decade after 'A Darkness At Sethanon', dark power is once again stirring the Dark Elves up to war against the Kingdom. Cast out by his people, the dark elf Gorath and the failed magician Owen attempt to warn the Kingdom and battle the threat.

WHAT'S GOOD:
Gorath's character allows us a bit of previously unseen exposition of the nature of the dark elves. Usually they're just portrayed as simply evil, but Gorath shows that there are grey areas among the elves.

WHAT'S BAD:
Everything except for Gorath. Game tie-ins tend to be pants anyway, but direct conversion of the plot of a game onto paper simply doesn't work. It's appalling how transparent the game basis is as Owen battles a group of enemies, defeats a 'boss' character, receives a clue and a magic item and then heads on to a new environment. In the new environment he battles a group of enemies, defeats another boss, gets a clue and so on and so forth. Jimmy and Locklear's inclusions in the book are also botched as the roles they play in the story are identical and Feist basically writes them as the same character. How could the man who brought us 'Magician' have fallen so far?

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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Feist just took the money, 19 Jan 2004
By Mr. RCS Young "rcsy" (Camberley, England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Krondor: The Betrayal: Books One of the Riftwar Legacy (Riftwar Saga) (Paperback)
I had heard bad reviews of this work and had determined not to buy it. Unfortunately one of my well meaning relatives bought it for me as a gift. So I read it. The one star here is purely as a reflection on his previous Midkemia work. The story is poor, the characters basic and, doubtless just as in the game, they have to fight their way through what appears to be almost everyone in the world of Midkemia.

It saddens me when a writer devalues their previous work with blatant money grabbing like this. Magician and many of his other books are well worth reading but all of these Krondor books should be avoided at all costs.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars A real disappointment, 20 Dec 2000
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This review is from: Krondor: the Betrayal (The Riftwar Legacy) (Mass Market Paperback)
Until I bought Krondor the Betrayal I had collected all Feist books and loved every one of them. Betrayal at Krondor has stopped me from buying the new ones! A few years ago I had a PC game called Betrayal at Krondor; the scenario was great and it actually introduced me to Feist. In the book it looks like the author has run out of ideas and was forced to write a book out of the game scenario. Revisiting an old idea is not always a bad thing to do, but in this case it left me with the impression Feist has hired some unknown author to ruin his own scenario : the book is so badly written you can actually figure out it is based on an older work! Perhaps I am being a bit unfair, as I have read far worse novels, but still this can't be compared to the rest of Feist's work.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Another great book
A great book from start to finish, with all your favourite characters. The way the book is written it almost feels you are there with them.
Brilliant.
Published 4 months ago by Mrs. B. Wratten

3.0 out of 5 stars Average, not bad not memorable either
I had played the RPG of the 90s, and i stumbled upon this book while in a bookstore. I had read back then about Raymond E. Read more
Published 5 months ago by George Spiros

1.0 out of 5 stars why you should not turn a game into a book
This is the novelisation of the Betrayal at Krondor game and it read like a game. You know in a game that if you are a successful player you will get past each of the puzzles and... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Andrew Dalby

1.0 out of 5 stars Very poor!
I thought the whole 'Krondor' set of book's were poor at best and it seemed crazy to spoil the Midkemia serie's with them. Read more
Published 23 months ago by G. Peters

4.0 out of 5 stars Does anyone actually like this book?
This book is actually good... This book and the other two in the series are kinda fillers in before the next saga. Read more
Published on 28 Jul 2007 by Matthew Hudson

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Published on 25 May 2006 by Mr. Jonathan M. Race

3.0 out of 5 stars a book based on a game that was based on a book
Hamstrung before it was written, being based upon tha story of the computer game based on his books. Read more
Published on 24 Mar 2006 by genejoke

2.0 out of 5 stars If you've nothing better to read...
When i first read this book i wasn't aware that it had been adapted from a computer game. However, whilst nowhere near as good as Feist's earlier work (the Riftwar and Serpentwar... Read more
Published on 7 April 2005 by Purge

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2.0 out of 5 stars Sorry Ray you're way off the mark
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