Rise of a merchant price

[Conan]

I have just finished Shadow of a Dark Queen (I skipped the Krondor series and Empire trilogy, I just like Pug, Tomas, Nakor and the grand epic storylines too much) and I have read that Rise of a Merchant Prince was Roo centered. I have nothing against Roo, but what about Erik? Does the main story still include Pug, Tomas, Calis, Miranda etc.? I just don't want a pointless book in the middle of a great saga.

 

[Fake Vencar]

Although Rise of a Merchant Prince is mainly centred on Roo, the main story does still include Pug, Tomas etc. It can become quite tedious, but there are many important points made in that book which leads on to the bigger picture in the next. So essentially, you'll have to read Merchant Prince to understand what Pug and the rest of the characters are doing in Rage.

 

[Ross]

Yeah, make sure you read it! Same reasons as Vencar has stated.

P.S. I can't believe you missed out the Empire Trilogy You do actually meet a young Pug and Laurie in it - not as long as you'd hope though (a page of it..lol)

 

[Pyan]

Besides which, it's an interesting book in itself - there aren't many books in this genre where the main character is quite as amoral and self-centred as Roo.

 

[Grimward]

I liked Roo Avery; it was almost like Feist's creativity had woken up again, albeit for a brief while. He wasn't Jimmy the Hand, of course, but then no one else really is! Kind of liked the coffee house "chamber of commerce" idea, too....

 

[Conan]

I never liked Jimmy the hand in the first three books, but I like him in serpent war and prince of the Blood. In Riftwar trilogy he was just too arrogant. I never liked Arutha that much either, but I liked Martin.

 

[Ross]

I never liked Jimmy the hand in the first three books, but I like him in serpent war and prince of the Blood. In Riftwar trilogy he was just too arrogant. I never liked Arutha that much either, but I liked Martin.

That was the point of Jimmy the Hand. If he wasn't arrogant I don't think he would have been Jimmy The Hand if you get my meaning?

 

[Talysia]

I must admit, I did find Rise of a Merchant Prince interesting specifically because of the difference in the main character. I think Roo Avery is one of Feist's most intruiging characters, since we get to see aspects of his personality that we don't usually expect to in a main fantasy lead. It does give a lot of background to the situation as well, so I'd definitely read it.