''Honoured Enemy'' (or ''Honored Enemy'' in the US, 2001) is a fantasy novel by American writers Raymond E. Feist and

William R. Forstchen William R. Forstchen (born October 11, 1950) is an American historian and author. A Professor of History and Faculty Fellow at Montreat College, in Montreat, North Carolina, he received his doctorate from Purdue University. He has published n ...

. It is the first book written in the ''Legends of the Riftwar'' and is the only one of the series to be coauthored by William R. Forstchen. The story is set in the fantasy world of

Midkemia ''The Riftwar Cycle'' is the name given to the series of books authored or co-authored by Raymond E. Feist that revolve around the fantasy worlds of Midkemia and Kelewan. The Riftwar Universe The majority of Feist's works are part of The Riftwa ...

, which Feist uses as the setting for the majority of his books. ''Honoured Enemy'' is written to coincide with events in Feist's ''

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,'' and is a sidebar to the main action of the saga. It focuses on a group of elite soldiers trapped behind enemy lines, forced to ally with one, honourable, enemy to defeat a dishonourable enemy. The novel was written to have resonances with

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's novels about Richard Sharpe. It was first published in the United Kingdom by

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; five years later, HarperCollins published it for the US market.

Plot introduction

Hartraft's Marauders, a band of kingdom raiders, have come across a

Tsurani The ''Empire'' Trilogy is a collaborative trilogy of political fantasy novels by American writers Raymond E. Feist and Janny Wurts, set in the fictional world of Kelewan. It is the second trilogy in Feist's ''The Riftwar Cycle''. Novels The tri ...

patrol at a garrison overrun by moredhel (dark elves). They band together to survive.

Discontinuity

At the beginning of the book, Duke Borric of Crydee is said to be second in command of the Armies of the West, under Lord Brucal, Duke of Yabon. However, in Feist's original Riftwar novel, ''Magician'', Borric of Crydee is given command of the Armies of the West, with Brucal serving as his second. The "mad King", Rodric the Fourth, had proposed giving command of the armies to Brucal, at the suggestion of Duke Caldric of Rillanon. However, when the Tsurani attack and overrun some of Brucal's Yabonese garrisons, the King became outraged and instead gives command to Borric. {{The Riftwar Cycle 2001 American novels 2001 fantasy novels American fantasy novels HarperCollins books Novels by Raymond E. Feist Novels by William R. Forstchen