Flight of the Night Hawks

Immerse yourself in the epic world of Midkemia with Raymond E. Feist's Flight of the Night Hawks, the first enthralling entry in the Darkwar series. As the exalted author of Magician, Feist returns with a masterful tale filled with suspense, political intrigue, and dark magic.

The clandestine organisation known as the Conclave of Shadows faces unprecedented challenges. The malevolent magician Leso Varen remains at large and continues to pose a significant threat. His sinister power to inhabit and move between bodies makes him nearly impossible to track. Adding to the chaos, thousands of portals leading to a parallel dimension inhabited by the ruthless Dasati are discovered in Novindus, threatening to unleash untold horrors upon Midkemia.

Leso Varen, alongside his relentless Nighthawk assassins, weaves a treacherous plot aimed at destabilising the royal house of Kesh. The awakening of the Nameless One looms, with Varen manoeuvring to aid this dark deity's re-emergence, striving to tip the balance of power towards malevolence and to plunge the world into eternal darkness and ruin.

Desperate to avert disaster, the Conclave of Shadows endeavours to warn the Emperor of the impending danger. However, their path is fraught with peril as they uncover that many of the Emperor's truebloods – nobles bound to the Emperor by blood – are already under Varen's control, both willingly and unknowingly. A race against time ensues as the Conclave grapples to save Great Kesh from descending into the abyss of evil.

Flight of the Night Hawks marks the beginning of an exhilarating new series that revisits the exotic and politically charged landscape of Great Kesh, briefly touched upon in the classic Riftwar books. Feist masterfully pulls readers into a shadowy underworld where crime and black magic reign supreme, presenting an intricately woven narrative of heroism, sacrifice, and the eternal struggle between good and evil.