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Treason in Eswy: The Warlocks of Talverdin

Treason in Eswy: The Warlocks of Talverdin by K.V. Johansen

Release Date: March 2008
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Age Group: Middle Grade/Young Adult
Pages: 176
Other Titles in Series: Nightwalker: The Warlocks of Talverdin

Maurey finds himself on a new adventure across the sea to a neighboring kingdom. He is sought to protect the Princess Eleanor whose brother has been murdered. The Princess is promised to Maurey’s brother King Dugald and he would trust only Maurey with her protection. But it seems there is more wickedness afoot and both Maurey and Eleanor must work together to save both kingdoms.

And since they do it so much better here is the summary from Amazon.com

“The murder of Eleanor's brother leaves her the sole heir to the crown of Eswy, a pawn in the struggle for power between different religious and political alliances. With her father a prisoner, Eleanor flees her mother's schemes to marry her off to her cousin and finds herself hunted through the wilderness, facing treachery on all sides. Maurey, the hero of Nightwalker, and his friend, the Fen witch and warrior Korby, are summoned back from a mission overseas to find and protect the princess. Once a scullion and a fugitive, Maurey is now a young man of considerable status and power, a Nightwalker warlock in charge of his human brother's intelligence network. The mysterious symbol of the Yehillon seems to point to a conspiracy against both Dunmorra and the hidden Nightwalker kingdom of Talverdin, a conspiracy into which Eleanor has stumbled. While the two human kingdoms of the island are threatened with tyranny and Talverdin itself with annihilation, Maurey and Eleanor struggle to unravel the plots that threaten the princess's life and the peace of the three kingdoms.”

The sequel maybe even better than the first book! I was pleasantly surprised yet again! I do admit to being slightly confused at the beginning of the novel. I was unfamiliar with the characters that were telling the story, but it was soon cleared and I think I may have enjoyed it more than I did with Maurey’s POV in the first novel.

Johansen continues to impress me with her gift of storytelling. Its likeness is parallel with the first novel in it’s fast paced plot, compelling characters and abundance of action. The Warlocks of Talverdin is quickly becoming one of my favorite series.