Flight of the Nighthawks(飞翔的夜鹰)

The Conclave of Shadows faces two challenges:finding and destroying the evil magician Leso Varen,and deactivating an army of sinister magical warriors hidden in a cave on Midkemia.
They discover that the warriors, called Talnoy, are beacons for a vast army of alien invaders, one so formidable that even the combined might of Midkemia and the Tsurani Empire could fall before its fury.
Meanwhile, three other agents of the Conclave - Kaspar, Talwin, and Caleb - venture deep into the heart of the Empire of Great Kesh charged with neutralizing a threat to the imperial government; a scheme so dark and twisted it implicates even the highest ranking nobles of the
Empire and members of the royal family itself. Flight of the Night Hawks carries the reader into the deepest criminal underworld and highest seats of power in ancient Kesh, where the Conclave struggles with the agents of the darkest magic for the fate of two worlds.

Book Description
The first book in the brand new series, "Conclave of Shadows", from world-wide bestselling author of "Magician" Raymond E. Feist. The Conclave of Shadows, the undercover organisation charged with the protection of Midkemia, have problems: the evil magician Leso Varen is still at large and thousands of portals to a parallel dimension inhabited by the cruel and fiendish Dasati, have been discovered in Novindus. Leso Varen, a powerful and malign magician with the power to possess and transport himself from body to body, and his Nighthawk assassins are plotting chaos and annihilation in the royal house of Kesh. The Nameless One is awakening and needs Varen to help him re-emerge completely and tip the balance of good and evil in the world, plunging Midkemia into darkness and ruin. But when the Conclave attempt to warn the Emperor, it becomes clear that many of the truebloods - nobles related by birth to the Emperor - are already Varen's slaves, both willing and unwitting, and the Conclave are forced into a race against time to save Great Kesh before evil engulfs the land. "Flight of the Night Hawks" begins a brand new series from the master of fantasy, set on a grand scale; revisiting the exotic political-intrigue of Great Kesh (touched upon in the classic Riftwar books), and carrying the reader into a dark underworld of crime and black magic.

From Publishers Weekly
This first of a new fantasy trilogy from bestseller Feist (Exile's Return) reintroduces a now ancient but well-preserved Pug (the juvenile hero of Magician) plus numerous generic situations, not the least of which is the return of Pug's old nemesis, the evil wizard Sidi, and a further menace that threatens the land of Midkemia. All the characters talk in completely 21st-century vocabulary, and while some of the inhabitants of the imaginary setting have unusual names suggestive of alien language and culture, we also meet folks named Miranda, Tomas, Magnus, Caleb and Zane. The result does not add up to any sense of a real, other place like Middle Earth or Earthsea, in which mythic events might plausibly occur. Those looking for the numinous wonder of Tolkien or the beautiful language of Ursula Le Guin will have to look elsewhere, but readers seeking to move one step up from adventure-gaming tie-in novels will find this a good starting place. (Apr.)

From Booklist
Feist expands the uber -saga of Midkemia again with a new trilogy, The Darkwar Saga. In it eventual arch-mage Pug (see Exile's Return, 2005) is much younger, his vast powers are still forming, and he hasn't yet acquired the array of family ties that will make him so wonderfully human later on. Right now he is trying to contend with evil sorcery and win the tolerance, if not allegiance, of the emperor. Reinforcing him are two fugitive farm boys, Tad and Zane, and their mentor, Caleb, whose aid proves invaluable as all three youngsters mature, the farm boys with the additional help of another mage's daughters. The boys' growth entails some of Feist's most notable feats of characterization, feats that testify to the substantial improvement he has made as a writer during a career now approaching the 20-year mark. He leaves us curious, even eager, to see what the succeeding two books will reveal about Midkemia's history and what parts Tad and Zane play in it, though perhaps under new and different names. Roland Green

Book Dimension
length: (cm)17.8 　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 width:(cm)11.1

Feist is one of the world’s leading fantasy writers. His Riftwar and Serpentwar Sagas have been global bestsellers for years.
Born and raised in Southern California, Raymond E. Feist was educated at the University of California, San Diego, where he graduated with honours in Communication Arts. He is the author of the bestselling and critically acclaimed Riftwar Saga.

PROLOGUE　Harbinger
CHAPTER ONE　Brothers
CHAPTER TWO　Council
CHAPTER THREE　Journey
CHAPTER FOUR　Dark Goddess
CHAPTER FIVE　 Sorcerer's Isle
CHAPTER SIX　Apprentices
CHAPTER SEVEN　Ralan Bek
CHAPTER EIGHT　Homecoming
CHAPTER NINE　Kesh
CHAPTER TEN Threat
CHAPTER ELEVEN Conspiracy
CHAPTER TWELVE Discovery
CHAPTER THIRTEEN　Icons
CHAPTER FOURTEEN Breakthrough
CHAPTER FIFTEEN Deception
CHAPTER SIXTEEN Waiting
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Intelligence
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Plans
CHAPTER NINETEEN Traps
CHAPTER TWENTY Varen
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE Anticipation
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO Confrontation
EPILOGUE Redux