Honored Enemy (2001)

It;s interesting to read about the war from a slightly different perspective. I didn't like it as much as the original trilogy, though. ( )

Good continuation. ( )

A different style of book here with the focus being on what is basically a special forces unit, Midkemia style. This warrior group is your behind enemy lines type of killers, and out on a mission they discover that they have Tsurani counterparts in the same area.

The target of both units has a more serious problem than them, having a larger serious moredhel problem. The two human groups have to see if they can work together to overcome this and perhaps learn from each other without everything devolving into inter-unit violence.

http://notfreesf.blogspot.com/2007/10/honoured-enemy-raymond-feist-and.html ( )

Great start to the Legends of the Rift war, Feist has always done a good job at storytelling and adding another talented author just doubles the pleasure. The premises of these books are to go back and fill an area of time where the original books mostly glossed over for the sake of the story. Major events, such as Pugs rise to Great One, spawn minor events which keep trickling down so that you have endless possibility of stories. In this book Kingdom and Tsurani forces have to make some difficult choices to fight against a common foe. The story line is something you see from a distance but the twist in turns can surprise and entertain making it a worthwhile read. ( )

Feist is one of my all time favourite authors; but I am not familiar with Forschen. From the first few pages, it became clear that this is not a typical Feist work - Forschen's influence was clear. For example, there are many military fiction details that seem gratuitous in several chapters, such as the ten pages at the end describing the construction and function of a hoist needed to heave logs over a broken bridge. I didn't find this parts added a great deal of value.
The best feature of this book is the three different perspectives: Kingdom, Tsurani and Moredhel which at any given time, almost convince the reader of the righteousness of their particular cause. I especially liked Bovai's perspective which powerfully conveyed his need for revenge and his quest to regain his Clan's honour. Though he is doomed as the bad guy, I really enjoyed reading about the Moredhel lifestyle. The duel between Bovai and Tinuva was the ultimate highlight of the book and was very well described and nicely resolved. ( )