Book Review: Echoes of Betrayal by Elizabeth Moon

[othercat]

Echoes of Betrayal is a direct continuation of Kings of the North. Arvid, the member of the Thieves Guild who helped Paksenarrion is trying to retrieve the necklace that had been stolen in the previous book. He is not initially very effective and he ends up in a great deal of trouble. Also, he is hearing the voice of someone who is probably Saint Gird. Gird would like to discuss Arvid’s life choices up to this point, but Arvid spends a great deal of time with his fingers stuck in his metaphorical ears in the hope that Gird will eventually get bored and go away.

(Spoiler: He does not.)

You cannot defeat Gird in a stubborn-off. He is simply the best there is.

Comments

[ngakmafaery]

...I had loved the first three books in the Paksennarion chronicles, and tried to get through the other one where...oh, someone is a rather unscrupulous person who is/wants to be/etc. a ruler or inheritor or king or magic user/priest etc. and is somewhat untrustworthy in key ways, and that derailed me: I tried to read that book any number of times a few years back, and finally gave it away...I'm not quite sure if this might be that book or a sequel/prequel...I',m glad to hear from someone reading something though, so thank you for posting...!

[othercat]

This is a sequel to the main trilogy. The book you're thinking of is Liar's Oath which I didn't much like either though it had some lovely moments.

Echoes of Betrayal is the third book in the Paladin's Legacy series, which so far has been really great.

Oath of Fealty in which Dorrin Verrakai goes home to make a few small repairs. And Kieri gets used to being king.

Kings of the North
In which Dorrin keeps finding literal skeletons in the closet and Kieri begins to become exasperated with his people, especially the ones who are elves.