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Shadow's Edge: The Night Angel Trilogy, 2 Mass Market Paperback – November 1, 2008

by Brent Weeks (Author)
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 6,326 ratings
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Kylar Stern has given up the way of shadows for a life of peace, but when an old ally returns, Kylar must make a deadly choice in the second novel of the Night Angel Trilogy by NYT bestselling author Brent Weeks.

Kylar Stern has rejected the assassin's life. The Godking's successful coup has left Kylar's master, Durzo, and his best friend, Logan, dead. He is starting over: new city, new friends, and new profession.

But when he learns that Logan might actually be alive and in hiding, Kylar is faced with an agonizing choice: will he give up the way of shadows forever and live in peace with his new family, or will he risk everything by taking on the ultimate hit?

Devour this blockbuster tale of assassination and magic by Brent Weeks, which has delighted readers all over the world -- with over one million copies in print!
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  1. Book 2 of 3
    Night Angel
  2. Print length
    636 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    Orbit
  5. Publication date
    November 1, 2008
  6. Dimensions
    4.25 x 1.75 x 7 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    0316033650
  8. ISBN-13
    978-0316033657
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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.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Orbit; First Edition (November 1, 2008)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 636 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0316033650
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0316033657
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.25 x 1.75 x 7 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 6,326 ratings

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Brent Weeks studied at Hillsdale College, before brief stints walking the earth like Caine from Kung-Fu, also tending bar, and corrupting the youth. (Not at the same time.) He started writing on napkins and, eventually, someone paid him for it. Brent doesn't own cats or wear a ponytail.

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Megan
5.0 out of 5 stars Worth Every Minute It Takes
Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2017
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First off, I have to admit that I made a lot of vocal complaints with this entire series as I made myself read them all. It was something I just had to make myself do, despite the times I had tried and failed in the past. Now then, with that said, I have to also admit that I am beyond glad I made myself do it and ultimately, that I let my friends's suggestions help me to decide to do it to begin with. This series as a whole is absolutely and utterly fantastic - it presents you with an entire world and a full cast of characters to love or hate, but it distinctively shows you why you should do just that each and every time. And though the politics and army talk really strained me and my attention at times, as those are not my usual type of interests when fictional, "assassin"-themed books are concerned, it again really helps build the world up around you and gives you the best feeling from all perspectives. The series as a whole is worth reading for anyone interested in fictional work and fully developed characters/plot points, and as a side note as well, the Kindle version of each book is also very well laid out and another huge plus for them.
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Harris
4.0 out of 5 stars Better in all aspects
Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2024
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The first book feels clumsy in comparison with this one. The emotional impact missing from book 1 is prevalent in this one and works well.
The protagonists are not mopping but they are troubled as they should be, as expected being emotionally handicapped.

The story is ok. Not amazing but pretty well thought. There are twists here and there and some parts are incomprehensible like bk1 but those are significantly fewer.
There is ample brutality - the bad guys are quite evil, justifiably due to their magic up to a point. Still, if you didn’t enjoy so violence before, it gets worse so keep that in mind.

Kylar’s strength grows, but unnaturally. It’s not clear how or why and in fact many parts of the story are not explained - it’s like “at some point you will understand, you will infer meaning from the context”. I would rather have mc’s strength grow predictably.

Personally, I was not touched at any point. There were intense moments but they didn’t resonate with me. I admit however that I did read the book only in a few days time. I did not drop all life for it though.

I enjoyed this book, most likely more than the first. The ending was not that impressive and it’s not clear what our goals are for the next book. I trust Brent to make it interesting though!
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the freds
5.0 out of 5 stars Night Angel’s coming of age
Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2024
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Another fun installment of the Night Angel series. Brent Weeks is a master storyteller and the only thing that would make this book better is if it were longer!
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Christian Chandler
5.0 out of 5 stars overall, a great story.
Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2014
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The writing is great. I get the sense that he really understands young adults. Some of the thoughts that go through kylars mind would be some of the same thoughts I would have. He is very relatable. Could do with a little less ambiguity and more explaining of how things work. He has this slow build thing going on and when the revelation of how some piece Of magic works finally arrives you realize you would have been better off lowering in the first place. (Personal preference). When he slow builds like that it takes a lot away from the reading trying to scan a little ahead to see what a new term means only to realize it is12-20 chapters ahead (slight exaggeration) when it's finally explained. All in all an excellent story with interesting characters and a few unexpected plot twists. My kind of fantasy. Jut wish he would explain stuff up front...
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Anna Priscilla
5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific
Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2023
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I can't believe I just now discovered this series. The author's imagination and the fully formed characters are a marvel. One of the best fantesy series I have read ever!
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Leslie Bialler
4.0 out of 5 stars To say nothing of the wolf
Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2010
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3.75 Stars [I want to round up]

Brent Weeks's "Shadow's Edge," second of a three-part creepy dark fantasy, has an even higher body count than the opener. And while "The Way of Shadows" started out as one of those Dickensian-style epics about a born-poor kid who learns dodgy arts, and who eventually develops into the Perfect Assassin, this volume is more like a Western. We begin with Kylar Stern trying to give up his "killing machine" ways and become an herbalist. With him is Elene, who grew up with Kylar and has turned into a super-righteous priss. And we have Uly, one of those annoying children you meet in these sagas, along for the ride, too. (She was a plot element in the first volume and the author, being stuck with her, tries to make use of her without all that much success.)

Do I hear groans? Yes, well. That new career doesn't work well at all, although it takes about 200 pages (nearly a third of the volume) before Kylar finally realizes that, no, this is not working. When he finally does, the book careers off into a multiple POV classic Western chase-revenge tale, with each episode ending on the edge of a cliff. It's exciting enough, and you'll probably be anxious to see how things turn out; but the author unfortunately feels it necessary to look in on the various characters even when they're really not doing very much (multiple dungeon scenes could easily have been condensed into one or two), and a few of the characters really aren't all that interesting (oh no! Not Kaldrosa Wyn again!).

Fortunately, most of the players here are, and the author develops their characters nicely. The magic is more essential this time than it was in the first volume, and far less subtle. That's fine for fantasy lovers, but it leads to another issue--there are so many characters who are possessed with different sorts of magic that it's never quite clear what their abilities are. (Now let's see . . . these guys can unweave spells, these guys can predict the future, these guys can wield swords with incredible skill. How does this quite work? Oh, because the author says so. Got it.)

But all and all this is a reasonably competent continuation of the trilogy, one that suffers not at all from "midbook blues," and I'm eager to now begin volume 3.
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Alnvar
5.0 out of 5 stars Great
Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2024
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Great
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Ken Gordon
5.0 out of 5 stars Book 2 of 3
Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2023
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Great continuation of the plot.
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sheldon
5.0 out of 5 stars Series gets better and better
Reviewed in Canada on January 7, 2019
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The first book spent a lot of necessary time building characters and back story requiring investment from the reader. However the first book picked up an excellent pace for the last half, thrusting me eagerly into the second book. I read the book in less than a week, loving the twists and turns off small interchanges as well as the large scale wars taking place. Relatable characters mixed with magic and superpowers while still maintaining frailty. I'm into the third book now. Here we go!
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Tim
5.0 out of 5 stars Exactly as described
Reviewed in Australia on March 17, 2023
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Recieved item within a week. Exactly as described.
Would buy again.
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martina
5.0 out of 5 stars Consigliatissimo!
Reviewed in Italy on January 6, 2015
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Secondo libro della serie, non potrete staccarvi dalla pagina nemmeno per dormire! Per quanto mi riguarda, Brent Weeks supera in grande stile tutta la saga del Trono di Spade! Consigliato a chi vuole un fantasy insoluto, crudo e dal ritmo veloce. PROMOSSO!
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S. M. Jones
5.0 out of 5 stars Quick delivery, good condition
Reviewed in Germany on May 15, 2014
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It was a gift so cant comment on the actual book, but the service was excellent. Four extra words required
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Piment coloré
5.0 out of 5 stars Une trilogie excellente
Reviewed in France on May 27, 2011
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Excellente trilogie ! Je suis un peu las des histoires de fantasy qui parlent toujours d'un royaume à la seigneur des anneaux avec elfes et nains. Ici, rien de tout ça, on suit le petit Azoth, un orphelin voleur qui veut devenir assassin pour s'en sortir, auprès d'un maître assassin qui évidemment ne veut pas prendre d'apprenti.
Les clichés s'arrêtent là ! L'auteur est cruel avec ses personnages, il nous fait nous y attacher et les tue sans merci, les défigure, les mutile sans se préoccuper du lecteur qui hurle de rage à chaque personnage dégommé de cette manière - à cet égard, il y a du Games of Throne dans cette histoire, on est parfois fâché contre le livre et on refuse de l'ouvrir pour protester un peu contre cet auteur qui nous malmène et malmène ses personnages.
Cette trilogie est vraiment excellente jusqu'au bout, vous pouvez vous y plonger... avec une dose de courage !
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