Serpentwar Saga · Book 2
Rise of a Merchant Prince
- Published
- 19 October 1995
- Pages
- 464
- ISBN-13
- 9780060538958
- Type
- novel

About this book
Published October 19, 1995, Rise of a Merchant Prince picks up directly where Shadow of a Dark Queen left off, running 464 pages as Roo Avery's sharp-elbowed wartime profiteering thread deepens alongside Erik von Darkmoor's grim battlefield survival.
Its place in Serpentwar Saga
Rise of a Merchant Prince is book 2 in the Serpentwar Saga series. It follows Shadow of a Dark Queen. It is followed by Rage of a Demon King. See the full Serpentwar Saga reading order.
A generation after the Riftwar Saga, a new threat rises: the Emerald Queen, a serpent-worshipping conqueror from across the sea, invades Midkemia's Kingdom of the Isles with an army of raiders and dark magic. The Serpentwar Saga follows two new young heroes, mercenary soldiers Erik von Darkmoor and Roo Avery, as they're swept from a death sentence into the desperate defense of the Kingdom, while Pug -- now an aging, immensely powerful magician -- works a much larger, cosmic-scale plot to stop the true force…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780060538958