Night Angel Nemesis

by Brent Weeks

Overview

Notes From Your Bookseller

Perfect for fans of Brandon Sanderson, Joe Abercrombie and Patrick Rothfuss, Night Angel Nemesis is the perfect entry point to explore the worlds of fantasy mainstay Brent Weeks. With tangibly high stakes, satisfying character arcs and a strong sense of style, it's an easy world to settle into and thrive in.

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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780316554916
Publisher:	Orbit
Publication date:	04/25/2023
Series:	The Kylar Chronicles , #1
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	12,376
File size:	9 MB

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.

Editorial Reviews

02/13/2023

Weeks cleverly continues the fantasy saga begun in his Night Angel trilogy with the exciting launch of the Kylar Chronicles spin-off series. Assassin Kylar Stern’s magic powers include a kind of immortality; he’s automatically restored to life when killed, but someone he loves then dies in his stead. He’s introduced while breaking into a heavily guarded estate to kill twisted artist Trudana Jadwin, the woman who murdered Stern’s foster sister, Magdalyn, and turned her corpse “into a perfectly lifelike statue made of undecaying flesh.” Following the end of the war that dominated the previous series, Jadwin is slated to benefit from a general royal amnesty declared by High King Logan Gyre, and Stern’s resolved to forestall that unjust outcome. This effort proves to be only the prologue to a more complex mission: the rescue of the monarch’s infant twins, possibly with the help of a magical artifact that Stern must locate first. Weeks keeps the plot moving, despite the book’s length, and makes it easy for newcomers to get engaged in this world. Fantasy fans who like roguish antiheroes will want to check this out. Agent: Donald Maass, Donald Maass Literary. (Apr.)

Publishers Weekly

Brent Weeks has been showing other fantasy authors how it’s done for over fifteen years.”—Peter V. Brett, New York Times bestselling author

"Weeks cleverly continues the fantasy saga... Weeks keeps the plot moving, despite the book’s length, and makes it easy for newcomers to get engaged in this world. Fantasy fans who like roguish antiheroes will want to check this out."—Publishers Weekly on Night Angel Nemesis

“Weeks is a giant of the genre." —Nicholas Eames

“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

“Weeks has truly cemented his place among the great epic fantasy writers of our time.”—British Fantasy Society

“I was mesmerized from start to finish.”—Terry Brooks

"Brent Weeks has a style and immediacy of detail that pulls the reader relentlessly into his story. He doesn't allow you to look away."—Robin Hobb on The Black Prism

"Packed with all of the rich characterization, political intrigue, frenetic action, and clever color-based magic a fantasy lover could ask for, it may even be the best of the lot."—B&N Reads: Best of the Year on The Burning White

"Bestseller Weeks keeps the pot simmering with many secrets revealed and much verbal sparring... Weeks deftly moves the pieces around his chessboard, snapping them with assured feeling onto their new squares in preparation for a climactic confrontation."
—Publishers Weekly on The Blood Mirror

"The fifth and final book in the Lightbringer series, The Burning White is a wholly satisfying read, full of even more plot twists, sacrifice, equally bad choices, epic battles, and much more. This is absolutely one of those books you won't want to stop reading, and it keeps you on the edge of your seat until the last page. Every fantasy fan should read The Burning White as soon as possible."—Powell's Books on The Burning White

"Nobody does breakneck pacing and amazingly executed plot twists like Brent Weeks."—Brian McClellan, author of Promise of Blood on The Black Prism

"His plot feels like an orchestrated chess match between genius grandmasters."—Publishers Weekly on The Broken Eye

"The Blinding Knife was even better than the The Black Prism (and that's saying something!)"—B&N.com on The Blinding Knife

"The Blinding Knife is a wonderful work of high fantasy with engaging characters facing the perfect antagonists, set in a creatively-wrought and increasingly chaotic world brimful of imaginative magic and interesting politics. Weeks holds fast to the traditions of his genre while adding a compelling new flavor."—The Ranting Dragon on The Blinding Knife

"One of the best epic fantasies I've ever read."—Staffer's Book Review on The Blinding Knife

"Weeks manages to ring new tunes on...old bells, letting a deep background slowly reveal its secrets and presenting his characters in a realistically flawed and human way."—Publishers Weekly on The Black Prism

From the Publisher

Brent Weeks has a style and immediacy of detail that pulls the reader relentlessly into his story. He doesn't allow you to look away.

Robin Hobb on The Black Prism

Packed with all of the rich characterization, political intrigue, frenetic action, and clever color-based magic a fantasy lover could ask for, it may even be the best of the lot.

B&N Reads: Best of the Year on The Burning White

Brent Weeks is so good it's starting to tick me off.

New York Times bestselling author of The Desert Sp Peter V. Brett

Nobody does breakneck pacing and amazingly executed plot twists like Brent Weeks.

author of Promise of Blood on The Black Prism Brian McClellan