The first of a major new Feist acquisition, returning to his best-loved series. Written with Bill Forstchen, acclaimed writer of great military fantasy novels in the US. FREEDOM AT ANY PRICE? Hartraft's Marauders, a crack band of Kingdom raiders, are a special unit designed to infiltrate and fight behind enemy lines. They are currently heading for a frontier garrison, after a disastrous encounter with the Tsurani. Meanwhile, a Tsurani patrol is sent to support an assault on the same garrison. ...
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The first of a major new Feist acquisition, returning to his best-loved series. Written with Bill Forstchen, acclaimed writer of great military fantasy novels in the US. FREEDOM AT ANY PRICE? Hartraft's Marauders, a crack band of Kingdom raiders, are a special unit designed to infiltrate and fight behind enemy lines. They are currently heading for a frontier garrison, after a disastrous encounter with the Tsurani. Meanwhile, a Tsurani patrol is sent to support an assault on the same garrison. Both sides arrive at the same time and discover the garrison has been overrun by a migrating horde of moredhel (dark elves) and they are forced by circumstances to band together and fight as one unit to survive. The only problem is, who do they hate the most - their mutual enemy, or each other? As they make their way across the unknown Northlands to freedom, they have to struggle not only with the elements and their enemies, but also their conscience. For what is more important - one's life or one's honour?
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Before reading this story I think it's important to understand where this tale fits within the Riftwar Saga. Although written by Feist years after events culminated in the mighty finale `A Darkness at Sethanon' when Pug with the help of others closed the gateway between Midkemia and Tsuranuni, the events of `Honoured Enemy' take place before that magical closure when troops from both sides battled determinedly for the capture of Kingdom territory. So if before beginning you accept this story as an isolated glimpse into one of the many struggles between two vastly different peoples that went on during the decade of their union, then I'm sure you'll garner more enjoyment from the story than I did with expectations of a grander story.
However, even when you take into account that this story is deliberately somewhat out of context from the other epic Riftwar Saga stories and also that its authors have chosen to concentrate on the effect of warfare on the psyche of soldiers, I still strongly feel that the lack of a larger story arc (at least as a back-drop to the less-than-epic events depicted here) is unforgivable for a fantasy novel. The subject matter is certainly interesting and the characters are vivid and well fleshed out, but with the exception of events in the epilogue, I kept willing these characters to make an impression on Midkemia and Tsuranuni, for their actions to effect the political climates of their respective worlds, but despite detailed references to the Tsurani method of governing (e.g. the Wheel party system) the two military units flung into conflict with one another in this story effect no changes whatsoever either on the on-going war, or on their narrow-minded rulers who insist on its continuation. I think Feist must have felt restricted as the Riftwar Saga had already been concluded and thus his characters in `Honoured Enemy' weren't able to effect much change for fear they might upset the delicate balance that had already been struck, at least not until (in the time-line of this world) the closure of the rift had occurred.
`Honoured Enemy' is an interesting side-step in this series, but more than a little disappointing for anyone who became so immersed in the other novels in this saga that they completely lost their sense of self in the wondrously adventurous pages.
