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by Raymond E. Feist (Author) "A ship swept into the harbor ..." (more)
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A usual problem with sequels?that they don't measure up to the original?applies to this follow-up to Shadow of a Dark Queen, which also suffers from unexpectedly stodgy prose and a paucity of action. Focusing on Rupert Avery's rise to power and influence in the mercantile class of the City of Krondor, the narrative follows "Roo" as he forms a business alliance with a merchant, Helmut Grindle, whose daughter, Karli, he marries for a multitude of reasons, none of which is love. Roo begins an affair of sorts with the nasty and calculating Sylvia Easterbrook but also manages to have two children with Karli. Meanwhile, his friend and compatriot Erik von Darkmoor travels back down to the land of Novindus to battle the Pantathians (the serpents referred to in the subtitle). Throughout, the pacing is slow and the characters less than persuasive. While Feist sows enough interesting seeds here to redeem this series in its next (and final) installment, this volume is up to neither snuff nor par.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.


--Chicago Sun-Times

"Has a natural talent for keeping the reader turning pages." --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating, Aug 10 2004
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This review is from: Rise Of A Merchant Prince (Mass Market Paperback)
In some ways I love this novel more than Shadows of a dark queen, simply because of all the multiple facets that Feist writes about and noted Knowledgably about. I love the political power plays, the intrigue and just the whole feel of the characters two things I could have wished for in this particular novel, 1) A little more action with Duke James (Nothing wrong with whats there I just wanted more!) 2) Kill off Sylvia at the beginning... I hated that character with a passion not the writing of her, just her character all around and I think that's the way it's meant to be although as you get more indepth you begin to realize that it's not quite all her fault.
Nope it's not your typical fantasy of sci-fi fare and that's what makes it so wonderful. Most of the time you don't see what happens behind the scenes of the war and to see a book like this is wonderful.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Didn't have problem with this book, Mar 6 2004
This review is from: Rise Of A Merchant Prince (Mass Market Paperback)
That is when it finally got off its rocker and decided which direction it was going in(it takes a signifigant amount of time). I like Roo less than I like Erik so I found this book a lttle hard to get into at first. Than about halfway through the book I started to realize that the charecter of Rubert Avery was starting to grow on so I ended up not minding all that much. This is all coupled with the fact that there was some very cool "Power behind the throne" stuff, an approach in fiction that I have always been partical to.

Overall-Thew most redeming quality of this book for me was that if left off at exactly the point where the book should have ended. You know, when you read a book and you feel that the book should ended ten chapters ago? There is none of that feeling here, I can't wait for my chance to read book 3.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Rise of a Merchant Prince, Dec 30 2003
By "dark_slider" (Wollongong, NSW Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Rise Of A Merchant Prince (Mass Market Paperback)
The sequal doesn't measure up to the Original? Are you dense or just of low intelligence?
In the first book, Shadow of a Dark Queen, we met the characters, and set the scenario, then we watched them grow up and become men. In Rise of a Merchant Prince, yes we do focus on Roo, more than Eric or Calis, but it not only sets the scene for Rage of a Demon King, It continues to show Both Eric and Roo evolving into more complex characters, and still discovering who they are in the world.
Oh and if you didn't like the the characters evolving and becoming more like real humans than fictional non entities, your gunna hate the next one...
HURRAH for Feist.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Just the middle book of the series
Though the book was not horrible, I would say I felt it was a forced reading on my part. It did develop Roo's character more, but quite frankly the reason I read fantasy... Read more
Published on Oct 30 2003 by Javier C. Gomez

4.0 out of 5 stars Integrated, Surprising, and Behavioral
It might be true that whoever reads Shadow Of A Dark Queen will be somewhat disappointed by how slow things go in Rise Of A Merchant Prince, but the book nonetheless is far from... Read more
Published on Sep 19 2003 by Abdul

4.0 out of 5 stars A different Feist novel that sets you up for Book 3
RISE OF A MERCHANT PRINCE is the 2nd book in the Serpentwar Saga by Raymond E. Feist. It continues with Roo going into business while Erik continues serving in the military... Read more
Published on Jun 24 2003 by ladynyte808

1.0 out of 5 stars Fantasy Lovers Beware
One of my favorite fantasy books of all time was Raymond E Feist's "A Darkness at Sethanon".. Read more
Published on Feb 15 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars A different approach focused mainly on two characters
Feist has done it again! He can't stop writing great fantasy. This book mainly focus on Roo and Erik. Read more
Published on Jul 22 2002 by R. Reinhart

4.0 out of 5 stars It was okay...Minor exlusions but still good.
It was okay, but it really didn't have enough action. That and Roo is one of my least favorite characters. It *did* give Calis something like a personality, though. Read more
Published on Jul 4 2001 by Kathy1200

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliantly strategic
"Rise of a Merchant Prince" is exactly what the title portrays it to be: the rise of Roo from a common person (who narrowly escaped a death sentence in the previous book... Read more
Published on Jun 15 2001 by Phome

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Gripping
This is one of Feist's best works!

I was enthralled by the story from the very beginning. It is very fluid, and gets the blood flowing. Read more

Published on Nov 25 2000 by logik007

4.0 out of 5 stars A very very DIFFERENT story from Feist.
A book focused on one character? A book focused on commerce? A book with more intrigue than adventure? What happened to our good old Feist? Read more
Published on Nov 21 2000 by sergiocqh

4.0 out of 5 stars We get to read a book about a whole person for a change!
The thing that makes me recommend this book so highly is that Feist begins to fully develop Roo as a person (and one that we may not particularly care for at first glance). Read more
Published on Nov 13 2000 by bobbywm

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