Night Angel Nemesis

Brent Weeks

Apr 2023 · Sold by Orbit

About this ebook

The incredible return to the New York Times bestselling world of the Night Angel, where master assassin Kylar Stern embarks on a new adventure as the High King Logan Gyre calls on him to save his kingdom and the hope of peace.

"Weeks has been showing other fantasy authors how it's done for over fifteen years." — Peter V. Brett, author of The Desert Prince

"Weeks is a giant of the genre." — Nicholas Eames, author of Kings of the Wyld After the war that cost him so much, Kylar Stern is broken and alone. He's determined not to kill again, but an impending amnesty will pardon the one murderer he can't let walk free. He promises himself this is the last time. One last hit to tie up the loose ends of his old, lost life.

But Kylar's best — and maybe only — friend, the High King Logan Gyre, needs him. To protect a fragile peace, Logan’s new kingdom, and the king’s twin sons, he needs Kylar to secure a powerful magical artifact that was unearthed during the war.

With rumors that a ka'kari may be found, adversaries both old and new are on the hunt. And if Kylar has learned anything, it’s that ancient magics are better left in the hands of those he can trust.

If he does the job right, he won’t need to kill at all. This isn’t an assassination — it’s a heist.

But some jobs are too hard for an easy conscience, and some enemies are so powerful the only answer lies in the shadows.

"Weeks writes in an inescapably engaging style. Breathlessly high stakes, terrible missteps, and unexpected revelations keep the story humming along at a breakneck pace." — Andrea Stewart, author of The Bone Shard Daughter

For more from Brent Weeks, check out:

The Ka'kari Codex

The Night Angel Trilogy
The Way of Shadows
Shadow's Edge
Beyond the Shadows

The Kylar Chronicles
Night Angel Nemesis

The Night Angel Trilogy: 10th Anniversary EditionNight Angel: The Complete Trilogy (omnibus) Perfect Shadow: A Night Angel Novella
The Way of Shadows: The Graphic Novel

Lightbringer
The Black Prism
The Blinding Knife
The Broken Eye
The Blood Mirror
The Burning White

Ratings and reviews

I think Weeks train left the rails with this book. I don't remember the first books in the series being soo so wordy. I read 53% of this one then just couldn't take it any longer. Way too wordy; I like descriptive... but this is way beyond - just blah blah blah. to say I'm disappointed would be a huge understatement. I hope Weeks gets things back on track. He is a good author.

the shift to first person after the last series was jarring, and while I understand the need to show Kylar's inner workings, it got overly poetic and bogged down at times. Great story overall, but it got lost in a lot of noise. I don't regret reading it and will continue to read anything by Weeks, but the book could have been half as long and done the same job

I really loved all of Brent Weeks books and was really looking forward to this. But it is just a slog to get through. About twice as long as it needs to be and end the end nothing happens. There are no payoffs it just stops in the middle of the story. It aludes to interesting plot points but never gets around to explaining anything about them. The book is about twice as long as it should be and tells 1/2 the story that it needs to.

About the author

Brent Weeks was born and raised in Montana. He wrote on bar napkins and lesson plans before landing his dream job years and thousands of pages later. Brent lives in Oregon with his wife, Kristi, and their daughters. Find out more about the author at www.brentweeks.com or on twitter @brentweeks.