Traitor's Knot
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Traitor's Knot is volume seven of the Wars of Light and Shadow by Janny Wurts. It is also volume four of the Alliance of Light, the third story arc in the Wars of Light and Shadow.
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When half brothers Lysaer and Arithon defeated the Mistwraith its revenge left them cursed to lifelong enmity. Having conquered the maze and achieved self-redemption, Arithon, Master of Shadow, is now the guest of the formidable sorcerer, Davien the Betrayer. No one knows how his influence will affect Arithon's recovered mage power, or his newly awakened rogue talent for prescience. Meanwhile Arithon's relentless enemies will stop at nothing to achieve his downfall. The Koriani enchantresses are determined to make him their captive and their pawn. And as the Alliance of Light fanatics regroup after their defeat, the core of their priesthood now stands corrupted by a dark cabal who plot to enslave their leader, Lysaer, and use the Mistwraith's curse as their own private weapon to break the world's order. The Sorcerers of the Fellowship compact are sorely beset and the clans are counting their ruinous losses. Arithon, who holds their last hope of survival, chooses the most dangerous course: heart and mind he dedicates himself to avoiding killing, though allies and enemies muster for war, single-mindedly blind to the consequences.
[edit] Author Comments
Raymond E. Feist: Astonishingly original and compelling.
Stephen R. Donaldson: Janny Wurts writes with astonishing energy; she aims high. Just when you think she's gone as far as anyone can go, she raises the stakes... it ought to be illegal for one person to have so much talent.
Diana Gabaldon, author of Drums of Autumn: Janny Wurts builds beautiful castles in the air. . . . Every detail is richly imagined and vividly rendered.
Guy Gavriel Kay: With each new book it becomes more and more obvious how important Janny Wurts is to contemporary fantasy.
