Honoured Enemy
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Honoured Enemy is a fantasy novel by Raymond E. Feist
and William R. Forstchen
. Honoured Enemy is the first book written in the Legends of the Riftwar and is the only one of the series to be coauthored by William R. Forstchen. The story is set in the fantasy world of Midkemia
, which is the world used for the majority of Raymond E. Feist's books.
Honoured Enemy is written to coincide with the events in Feist's Riftwar Saga
acting as a sidebar to the main action from the saga. It focuses on a group of elite soldiers trapped behind enemy lines, forced to ally with one, honourable, enemy to defeat a dishonourable enemy. The novel was explicitly written to have resonances with Bernard Cornwell's 'Sharpe' novels.
It was first released by Harper Collins on August 6, 2001 in the United Kingdom. Roughly five years later Harper Collins released it into the US market.
patrol at a garrison overrun by moredhel (dark elves). This forces them to band together to survive.
The "mad King", Rodric the Fourth, had proposed giving command of the armies to Brucal, at the suggestion of Duke Caldric of Rillanon. However, when the Tsurani attack and overrun some of Brucal's Yabonese garrisons, the King became outraged and instead gives command to Borric.
Since its release in 2001, Honoured Enemy as been released in at least 7 different countries and has been translated into at least 5 different languages other than English.
Raymond E. Feist
Raymond Elias Feist is an American author who primarily writes fantasy fiction. He is best known for The Riftwar Cycle series of novels and short stories. His books have been translated into multiple languages and have sold over 15 million copies.- Biography :Raymond E...
and William R. Forstchen
William R. Forstchen
William R. Forstchen is an American author who began publishing in 1983 with the novel Ice Prophet. He is a Professor of History and Faculty Fellow at Montreat College, in Montreat, North Carolina...
. Honoured Enemy is the first book written in the Legends of the Riftwar and is the only one of the series to be coauthored by William R. Forstchen. The story is set in the fantasy world of Midkemia
Midkemia
Midkemia is a fictional world created by a fantasy role-playing group and popularized by Raymond E. Feist where most of the Riftwar books take place...
, which is the world used for the majority of Raymond E. Feist's books.
Honoured Enemy is written to coincide with the events in Feist's Riftwar Saga
Riftwar
The Riftwar Saga is a series of fantasy novels by Raymond E. Feist, the first series in The Riftwar Cycle.-Magician:"To the forest on the shore of the Kingdom of the Isles, the orphan called Pug came to study with the Master Magician Kulgan...
acting as a sidebar to the main action from the saga. It focuses on a group of elite soldiers trapped behind enemy lines, forced to ally with one, honourable, enemy to defeat a dishonourable enemy. The novel was explicitly written to have resonances with Bernard Cornwell's 'Sharpe' novels.
It was first released by Harper Collins on August 6, 2001 in the United Kingdom. Roughly five years later Harper Collins released it into the US market.
Plot introduction
Hartraft's Marauders, a band of kingdom raiders have come across a TsuraniTsurani
The Tsurani are a race of humans in the Empire Trilogy novels by Raymond E. Feist and Janny Wurts. In the series, the feudal Empire of Tsuranuanni is located on the fictional world of Kelewan.- Geography :...
patrol at a garrison overrun by moredhel (dark elves). This forces them to band together to survive.
Discontinuity
At the beginning of the book, Duke Borric of Crydee is said to be second in command of the Armies of the West, to Lord Brucal, Duke of Yabon. However, in Feist's original Riftwar novel, Magician, Borric of Crydee is given command of the Armies of the West, with Brucal serving as his second.The "mad King", Rodric the Fourth, had proposed giving command of the armies to Brucal, at the suggestion of Duke Caldric of Rillanon. However, when the Tsurani attack and overrun some of Brucal's Yabonese garrisons, the King became outraged and instead gives command to Borric.
Publication history
Note: Australia, New Zealand and South Africa have the same release dates as the UK.Since its release in 2001, Honoured Enemy as been released in at least 7 different countries and has been translated into at least 5 different languages other than English.
- 2001, UKUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, HarperCollins Voyager ISBN 0586203796, Pub date August 6, 2001, Hardback - 2002, UK, HarperCollins Voyager ISBN 0006483887, Pub date May, 2002, Paperback
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, Wales ISBN 8086390500, Pub date 2003, Paperback - 2003, HUNHungaryHungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
, Beholder ISBN 9789639399495, Pub date September 23, 2003, Paperback - 2006, USA, HarperCollins ISBN 0060792833, Pub date June 27, 2006, Trade Paperback
- 2007, USA, HarperCollins ISBN 0060792841, Pub date May 29, 2007, Paperback
- 2007, USA, HarperCollins ISBN 0061241954, Pub date March 13, 2007, Large Print
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