"Raymond E. Feist - Riftwar 3 - A Darkness at Sethanon" - читать интересную книгу автора (Feist Raymond E)

the Isles for nearly a year. King Lyam and his brothers,
Prince Arutha and Duke Martin, toured the eastern cities
and neighbouring kingdoms, then returned to Lyam's
Capital at Rillanon.
The Princess Carline, their sister, gave
an ultimatum to her lover, Laurie the minstrel.' wed her or
leave the palace. Arutha and Princess Anita became
engaged, and plans were made for their wedding in
Krondor, Arutha's city.
When Arutha finally returned to Krondor, late one
night, Jimmy the Hand, a boy thief, stumbled across and
foiled a Nighthawk, an assassin, whose target was Arutha.
It was a standing order among the Mockers that all new'S
of the Nighthawks be reported at once. Jimmy became


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confused about where his loyalty lay, with the Mockers -
the Guild of Thieves - or with Arutha, whom he had
known the year before. Before he could decide, jimmy
was set up for murder by Laughing Jack, an officer in the
Mockers, proof Jack' was in league with the Nighthawks.
During the ambush, Jimmy was wounded and Laughing
Jack killed. Jimmy then decided to warn Arutha;
Warned of the plot, Arutha, Laurie and Jimmy trapped
two assassins and imprisoned them in the palace. Arutha
discovered the Nighthawks were someHow connected to
the temple of the Death Goddess, Lims-Kragma. He
ordered the High Priestess to attend him, but by the time
she arrived one of the assassins had died and the other was
dying. She sought to discover how her temple had been
infiltrated by the Nighthawks. Upon dying, one of the
captured Nighthawks was revealed as a magically disguised
moredhel, a dark elf. The now dead creature rose
up, called upon his master, Murmandamus, and attacked
the High Priestess and Arutha. Only the magic intervention
of Arutha's adviser Father Nathan baulked the
otherwise unkillable creature.
When the High Priestess and Father Nathan recovered
from their ordeal, they warned Arutha that dark and alien
powers sought his death. Arutha was troubled over the
safety of his brother the King and the others who would be
attending Arutha's forthcoming wedding, especially his
beloved Anita. Deciding upon a quick solution rather than
further magic investigation, Arutha empowered Jimmy to
arrange a meeting for him with the Upright Man, the
mysterious head of the mockers.
In darkness, Arutha met one who claimed to speak with