The Ambassador's Mission
2010 • 513 pages
Ratings11
Average rating3.7
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Ratings11
Average rating3.7
Sonea, once the despised commoner in the Magicians' Guild, is now a Black Magician of Kyralia. Though she is now part of the establishment, she comes to find that the past is not so easily left behind...
Lorkin, Sonea's rebellious son, has volunteered to join the formidable Lord Dannyl in his new post as Guild Ambassador to Sachaka - a land ruled by cruel, slave-owning black magicians. There is suspicion that some of the Sachakans still harbor dreams of conquest, so when word comes that Lorkin has gone missing, Sonea is desperate to find him. However, Guild law states that if a Black Magician leaves the city he or she will be exiled forever.
As she fears for her missing son, Sonea dedicates herself to helping her old friend Cery. For some time, there has been fear and paranoia on the streets of Imardin. Leading thieves have been dying under irregular circumstances. The need to discover who has been picking off the leading thieves of the city is now a very personal crusade - one that Sonea must aid, for the killer appears to be using magic.
Either a member of the Guild is leading a double life as a hired killer, or there is - once again - a rogue magician on the streets of Imardin . . .
Series
3 primary booksThe Traitor Spy Trilogy is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2010 with contributions by Trudi Canavan.
Series
6 primary books7 released booksKyralia Universe is a 7-book series with 6 primary works first released in 2001 with contributions by Trudi Canavan.
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This is a dequel trilogy to The Black Magician trilogy which I re-read in the past few years. The original trilogy follows Sonea, a girl from the slums who is discovered to have magic and it taken to the Guild (and surrounded by nobles) to learn magic. The originally trilogy was my original introduction to adult fantasy books, and it was genuinely life changing. It opened up a new world of books and renewed my waning interest in reading.
To start, the original trilogy commented on the discrepancy between classes through self centred attitudes of the nobles. I found that to be one of the reasons I enjoyed the first trilogy so much, along side Canavan's writing and my deep love of Sonea. In this second trilogy, old favourite characters are there alongside Sonea's son, Lorkin. Lorkin is a young man with the ambition of finding ancient magic, but he doesn't yet have a strong personality on the page. This did hold the book back somewhat, as I do not feel any attachment for Lorkin. I am not particularly worried that this is a long term issue, because I remember finding the first book in The Black Magician trilogy slow therefore it is likely that the later books in the trilogy will develop him further.
All in all, I think this is a good start to the trilogy and I have high hopes for it to get better. I think I currently own all of Canavan's back list books, and I would quite like to read as many of them as possible in 2019.
