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Halt's Peril

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A direct sequel to The Kings of Clonmel: a chase across the north, with assassins along the way

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Yes. It's in the Main story, the list of only what moves the plot forward to the end of the saga.

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Quick recap

Halt, Will and Horace chase Tennyson, leader of the fake Outsider cult, as he flees north into Picta and then heads for an Araluen village to start over. Along the way they fight Scotti raiders and Genovesan assassins. Halt is poisoned, and the healer Malcolm can only identify the poison after the last assassin is forced to reveal where it came from. The group finds Tennyson in catacombs and exposes him in front of his followers. Will brings the caves down with dirt bombs, burying Tennyson, many Outsiders and the cult's gold. After taking Malcolm home, Will and Halt return to Redmont, and Horace heads to Castle Araluen.

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Trivia

  1. ReferenceMalcolm returns

    Malcolm the healer, from The Sorcerer of the North, comes back to help identify the poison threatening Halt.

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  2. ReferenceGenovesan assassins

    The killers hunting the group are Genovesan, and their poison is only identified when the last survivor talks.

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  3. Behind the scenesMany languages

    Between 2010 and 2018 the book was translated into many languages, including Japanese. Corgi published it in the UK in 2011.

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