This book should be popular with Feist fans for one particular reason, because it features one of the best characters of the early books, Jimmy the Hand. Jimmy must track down a rash of assassinations and murders in Krondor, using his old connections to find out who's behind them and stop them before they cause a disaster. This book is a little more personal than most Feist books, as there are no large armies or hordes of invaders, and the key to solving everything isn't magic, its Jimmy's cleverness. ( )

Continuing the RiftWar Legacy trilogy, the Empire deals with the sudden influx of assassins into Krondor. ( )

Stop killing us please, we are only criminals.

The Mockers have problems with the return of the Assassins' Guild, in that, well, Assassins kill people quite well, including thieves.

James and some help get to do some of the more spook sort of policework to try and work out what is going on.

Being a Feist fantasy, not going to be that simple, so expect monsters and magic before it all works out.

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This is the 2nd book in the Riftwar Legacy. Krondor seems to be having an unusually large number of strange deaths, which Jimmy the Hand is able to trace to the Night Hawks, but there seemed to be someone controlling several different groups that by all rights shouldn't be coordinating together. Whispers of The Crawler get back to Arutha through Jimmy. The trail takes them deeper and deeper into the labyrinth of plots. Our daring heroes try to keep the kingdom safe. ( )