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    Murder in LaMut: Legends of the Riftwar: Book II

    By Raymond E. Feist and Joel Rosenberg

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    Available in the U.S. for the first time, ehre is the second volume in the exceptional Legends of the Riftwar series from “a master storyteller who weaves exciting, sweeping epic tales” (SF Site)

    Durine, Kethold, and Pirojil are mercenaries who have spent 20 years fighting other people’s battles, defeating the Tsurani and the Bugs and the goblins. Yet now it seems, there are no more enemies to vanquish, leaving them with a few months of welcomed garrison duty as the Riftwar rages on west in Crydee. When the trio are ordered to accompany a lady and her husband safely to the city of LaMut, it looks like an easy—even cushy—assignment. But in Midkemia, nothing is that simple. . . .

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateOct 13, 2009
    ISBN9780061829987
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    Raymond E. Feist

    Raymond E. Feist is the author of more than thirty previous books, including the internationally bestselling “Riftwar Cycle” of novels set in his signature world of Midkemia; the Empire trilogy co-authored with Janny Wurts; the stand-alone novel, Faerie Tale; and the epic fantasy series, the Firemane Saga. He lives in San Diego, California.

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    • 4/5
      The second in the Legend of the Riftwar series, Murder in LaMut, takes three of Joel Rosenberg’s characters from his own fantasy series, renames, and transplants them into Midkemia. Sort of like a Three Musketeers of fantasy, these mercenary soldiers find themselves caught up in a web of political intrigue that they are wholly unprepared for. The murder of the title doesn’t take place until the last 50 pages, but the mystery of the murder begins from page 1. Although not really comparable with genre mystery novels, and probably not appealing to those who read them, Murder in LaMut will appeal to fans of the fantasy mystery subgenre (a very small one I might add) and to any readers who enjoy a long slow build-up of mystery and don’t mind a rather simple conclusion to it.Full review of the Legends of the Riftwar Series
    • 4/5
      Another book in the Legends of the Rift War, the shared worlds stories shared between Feist and other authors. In this case, the guest author is Joel Rosenberg and in this particular case most of the story is Joel's, from the three leading characters to the situation. It's basically set in the city of LaMut. Although it's set in Midkemia, the story itself is basically a 'closed room' mystery. OK the room is a city, but it's a city cut off by feet deep snowdrifts Durine, Kethol and Pirojil are mercenaries - not all that uncommon in a war that had been dragging on for years now, but they weren't members of a company, but a small team of just the three of them. But, as mercenaries, the trio were getting jittery about the way the war was going and were planning to get out. The Earl's Captain was OK with their leaving = three men would barely be missed. But, if they would be so kind, could they undertake one last task; escort the Lady Monegreen back home to her dying husband, oh and act as bodyguards to Barron Morray, the Barron Mondegreen's opponent in the upcoming... debate in the forthcoming Council that would provide the next Earl of LaMut..At first the job has its perks and only a few downsides but the trio find themselves holding embarrassing information about their betters. And they were only lowly mercenaries so they decide to run before that storm stops all movement. And then the threats against Morray turn out to have a depressing basis in fact as the baron is eviscerated in his bed...With their principle dead, the trio are forced to turn investigators in a city becoming ever more on edge as the various mercenary groups realise that, not only are they stuck in the city, the only person who knows how to open the payroll safe has just been killed.As a standalone novel, this is good and the fact that its set on Midkemia pretty much irrelevant
    • 4/5
      Another tale of the magical place of Krondor. This one turns into the Three Musketeers meets Nero Wolfe as one of our three heroes tries his hand at solving a double murder. A murder that will definitely cause problems in the succession issue that is prominent at this time. Does his solution have merit or is he all wrong?
    • 4/5
      Considering that these two authors have written two of my favorite fantasy series I was a little disappointed in this one. It was slow moving for most of the book and I just could not get into the three main characters. I think part of my problem was having a hard time with them fitting into Feist’s world.
    • 3/5
      The second book of the Legends of the Riftwar is not quite as compelling to read as the first in the series. Written in more of a fashion of a mystery, the story seems to drag in places. If you can stand the tedious wondering of the characters it is not a bad read, just not great.
    • 3/5
      Sort of a middling novel as the murder mystery is not greatly written. The self-serving mercenary characters were well portrayed and quite like-able.
    • 4/5
      Durine, Kethol and Pirojil are a mercenary trio, who are holed up in Lamut for the winter. They’ve been assigned to what they think is a cushy job, protecting a local Baron. Unfortunately, things are never that simple, and they fail to realise just how murky Lamutian politics can get…This book is a very enjoyable read. Part of that is down to the familiar setting of Feist’s Kingdom of Isles, part of it is the writing style, which is easy to read and relaxing. The plot takes a while to get going and it’s the last quarter of the book where things start to get really interesting, but all along it’s an enjoyable read. With many of Feist’s recent books, I have disliked the small scale of the storyline, compared to the epic scope of much of his work, but here I think it worked fairly well. The three main characters are interesting enough, and different from Feist’s other characters – this is probably due to them being characters ‘transplanted’ from some of Joel Rosenberg’s books. I didn’t have a problem with that, and may even read some of Rosenberg’s solo works sometime. Well worth reading, especially if you’re a fantasy fan, and certainly if you’re a Feist fan in particular.Note – there are similarities to Agatha Christie in the latter part of the book, or is it just me?
    • 2/5
      I know I enjoyed reading this book, because I love the worlds of Midkemia and Kelewan, but it didn't leave much with me and I hardly remember it.
    • 5/5
      Very good read! I'd like to see more on the 3 mercenaries in other stories.
    • 5/5
      A fun plot twist in the end!! Very entertaining too!
    • 2/5
      Ik weet eigenlijk niet goed wat ik van dit boek moet vinden. Kon er niet goed inkomen, had geen duidelijk idee wie en wat in dit verhaal. Heb er dan ook langer over gedaan dan de andere boeken in deze serie.

      In essentie was het een boek over een mysterie/moord/huurlingen. De moord werd echter zo'n 80 pagina's voor het einde van het boek gepleegd, dan zijn er de benodigde pagina's besteed aan het ontrafelen en het oplossen van de moord. De rest van het boek (zo'n 250 pagina's) is vooral besteed aan het opbouwen van het verhaal. Minimale actie.

      Waarom dit boek onder de fantsasy-noemer valt is me een raadsel. Zou het eerder onder mysterie/suspense plaatsen, maar dan valt het weer te veel buiten de overige boeken van Feist.

      Dit boek was geschreven in samenwerking met [a:Joel Rosenberg|8593|Joel Rosenberg|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1307113706p2/8593.jpg], en misschien ligt daar het probleem wel.