Nighfall-theif, assassin, murderer, mage, rouge-you name it, he's done it-in every kingdom on the map! But, when Nighfall gets tricked and trapped, he's sentanced to death. Untill, that is, an unlikely deal is struck between the prisoner, the king, and a ruthless mage.

         In order to keep his life-not to mention keep his very soul in tact, Nighfall must get the younger, dreamy, idealistic son of the king landed (get him his own piece of property to rule so's he's out of the way of his elder brother, ths heir) in five months.

         The only trouble is, the young prince has no intentions of getting landed.

All those sword and sorcery fans who love the rouges, thieves, and general lowlives that populate the fantasy world. People who like high adventure, laced with wry sarcasm, a bit of suspense, mystery, and just good fantasy in general. Read all of the Heralds of Valdemar? Finished Thieves World? Miss Merovingen Nights?

         Then this my friends, is a book for you.

It's very, very well written. The characters are real, and actually manage to break free of their archtypes. The story itself is like going down a dark and mysterious road-you never know what will jump out at you next!

I thought that there should be perhaps, a little more background on some of the characters, and also on the land itself.

Read more! Sadly, I'm not sure there are any more. I haven't seen any more, and the ending is pretty definte, but if someone knows were I can find more on Nighfall, please, don't hold back!

Is a wonderful writer, one of the big woman names in the genre, and deserves a spot on the same shelf as Mercedes Lackey, CJ Cherryh, Barbara Hambly, Andre Norton, and Marion Zimmer Bradley. And others. Insert your own favourite authors here.

All the same reasons I've listed before.

I just love the art work on the cover, back, and spine. Jody Lee does amazing work. And the inside of the book is just as good as the outside.

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