Publisher Orbit Books Pages 512 Originally published 31 May 2011 Genre Fantasy Fiction Followed by The Traitor Queen | Publication date 2011 ISBN 1-84149-593-X Preceded by The Ambassador's Mission Page count 512 | |
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Series The Traitor Spy (novel series) Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback) Similar Trudi Canavan books, Black Magician World books, Fantasy books | ||
The Rogue is a fantasy novel that has been released by author Trudi Canavan. It forms part of her Kyralia series and is the second novel of The Traitor Spy Trilogy. The Rogue returns to the themes of the Black Magician Series, and features Sonea and Lorkin (Sonea and Akkarin's son).
Contents
Plot
The Rogue continues from the events of the Ambassadors Mission. The Ambassadors Mission ended with Lorkin being confined to the Sanctuary (The Traitors' mountainous hidden city), and been given the job of assisting healing the inhabitants as the Sachakan magic users don't know healing magic, though Lorkin is doing this willingly. Ambassador to Sachaka Dannyl is no longer looking for Lorkin and has resumed his duties as Ambassador while awaiting for a new assistant. Sonea has exposed a rogue magician from Igra, with help from Cery and Regin. Though through reading the rogue's mind they have discovered that the Thief Skellin is also a magic user though he is unaware of Black Magic, this Thief is also responsible for the murders that have been plaguing the Thieves and the man directly responsible for importing and selling the drug Roet that is an attempt to gain a measure of control of citizens of Imardin from all the classes, low, high and magician.
Living among the Sachakan rebels, Lorkin does his best to learn about them and their unique magic. But the Traitors are reluctant to trade their knowledge for the Healing they so desperately want, and while he assumes they fear revealing their existence to the world, there are hints they have bigger plans. Sonea searches for the rogue, knowing that Cery cannot avoid assassination forever, but the rogue's influence over the city's underworld is far greater than she feared. His only weakness is the loss of his mother, now locked away in the Lookout. In Sachaka, Dannyl has lost the respect of the Sachakan elite for letting Lorkin join the Traitors. The Ashaki's attention has shifted, instead, to the new Elyne Ambassador, a man Dannyl knows all too well. And in the University, two female novices are about to remind the Guild that sometimes their greatest enemy is found within.
Main Characters
Robes
In the book magicians wear different robes depending on their chosen discipline. The colours are:
There are also colours for denoting rank:
Countries
Members of 'The Allied Lands':
Countries Beyond 'The Allied Lands'