Product Description
For Durzo Blint, assassination is an art-and he is the city’s most accomplished artist.
For Azoth, survival is just the beginning. He was raised on the streets and knows an opportunity when he sees one-even when the risks are as high as working for someone like Durzo Blint.
Azoth must learn to navigate the assassins’ world of dangerous politics and strange magics – and become the perfect killer.
The New York Times bestseller The Way of Shadows launched Brent Weeks’ Night Angel Trilogy – one of the most successful fantasy series in recent years. Now, for the first time, get the complete story in one special edition boxed set.
Asmodean @ 10:21 am
I recommend the Night Angel Trilogy to anyone who is interested. I enjoyed the Trilogy and had all three books read in less than a month. Brent Weeks knows how to keep the action moving and the pages turning. The story is fantastic and there are moments of pure awesomeness that will leave your head spinning. The characters are well written and very likable. The world is believable and the peoples who inhabit it are intriguing. In short, very well done.
Now I do have a few complaints. If you’re prone to judge a book by its cover, these covers are very misleading. Kylar, the main character, is not how the covers portray him. (Assuming the guy on the covers is Kylar). See in the story there are people with magical powers and those without. Those who can use magic are called “Wetboys”, and those who cannot are called “Assassins”. The guy on the cover appears to be an Assassin. I can’t help but wonder if they were trying to capitalize on the “Assassin’s Creed” look. “Wetboys” dress in different colors.
Another minor complaint is that the final book almost feels as if it were rushed. In other words, their could have been a fourth book and all would have been fine. However there are three and the final battle and all that leads up to it is rushed. There are also a few characters that are forgotten. They are not major characters however, they are characters that I would have liked to see get their comeuppance.
Once again, minor complaints aside, if you like Fantasy than get these books. You will not regret it.
teener175 @ 1:11 pm
I am an avid fantasy fan, I spend alot of time sifting through piles of the same-old-crap and only rarely come across books as good as these. I was so grateful that I got all 3 books at once, it would have been devastating if I would have had to wait to read the next after devouring each so quickly.
The story begins with a boy being apprenticed to the best wetboy there has ever been. A wetboy being a sort of assassin with magical abilities, but after reading these books you will understand why I say ‘assassin’ with a bit of reluctance and disdain. “Assassins have targets, wetboys have deaders.”
These coming-of-age stories have always been my favorite kind and this series truly delivers in every way. Mainly, you can’t wait for when Kylar comes into his own and boy, does he! I love the characters, I love how so many of them grow and change. I ache for each of them that has to learn something the hard way. There are swords and magic, tragedy and triumph, what more can you ask for?
David J. Dalglish @ 2:10 pm
There is something about Durzo Blint that is immensely appealing. Other characters came and went. The main character, Kylar Stern, alternated between cold-blooded killer, immature teen, and weepy pacifist. Yet Durzo was always Durzo, a cold-blood assassin (excuse me, *wetboy*) that was better than anyone in the art of killing. That he has a secret past is no surprise, but when the surprise is revealed in book two, it feels both insane and incredibly amusing.
The first book in the series starts off dark. There’s child molestation, murder, and an overall feeling of despair and surrender to everything evil inside men’s hearts. While some might not be prepared for how far the author goes, the setting is necessary for Kylar’s development, as well at he redemptive themes that become far more prevalent in books two and three.
Despite Kylar’s random mood swings, he was an overall enjoyable main character. Like Durzo, he is a killer at the top of his game. The special powers he inherits halfway through the first book are both over the top and yet consistently controlled. It may feel like the author is cheating, but at the same time, I know he’s not. Don’t read The Night Angel Trilogy expecting anything mundane. Mr. Weeks wants to kill gods, destroy cities, and have his characters play with artifacts older than entire civilizations. It gets a little overwhelming having ten different world-destroying creatures, weapons, and artifacts all being swapped, stolen, and revealed, but by the third book things calm down and start making sense.
Speaking of making sense, Mr. Weeks is not the best at introducing characters you don’t know. There are plenty of times I’d be reading, start a new chapter, and then wonder if I had skipped a part somewhere along the line. Random people in random locations get thrown out often. Have faith in the author, though; they’ll come around in time, and make perfect sense. Mr. Weeks might not be subtle, but he’s effective at not messing around.
Would I read more by Mr. Weeks? Most certainly. Other than a few odds and ends, this was a series after my own heart. And all because of Durzo. He’s the star of the show whenever he makes his entrance, and by the end, you might find yourself wishing for another book dedicated solely to him.
David Peterson @ 3:25 pm
Just finished this trilogy last night. Loved it.
The characters are well developed. The good guys are flawed, but sympathetic. The bad guys are REALLY bad. And nothing is black and white.
I agree with some other reviews that the final half of the last book felt a little rushed. It could have used another book or at least another 100 pages or so. But it was still an excellent read.
These books can be dark. This isn’t Harry Potter. Not for younger readers or people looking for innocent farm boys destined to save the world, fairy princesses and the like.
B. Lange @ 6:19 pm
The first few chapters really dragged.. and I was thinking this series was a dud. I did stick it out however and found it got much better! There are several times when I thought Kylar reverted to a less than stellar fighter, but he would always come back. I look forward to Brent’s next series.