The Ambassador's Mission

The Ambassador's Mission by Trudi Canavan


Synopsis
Half the thieves in the city are dead. Sonea, a black magician of Kyralia, knows that she is needed to help hunt down the rogue magician killing them. But Sonea has problems of her own. Her son is the assistant to the new Guild Ambassador of Sachaka and will be in deadly danger when he sets foot on their ancient enemy's soil. As a Black Magician, however, her every action is watched. Any attempt to leave the city will result in her exile, and lose her any chance of helping her ƒяιєη∂ - or her son.


I say...
It's the first book on The Traitor Spy Trilogy, the continuation of Black Magician Trilogy. It's been a long time since I last read Trudi's works. Therefore, I had a hard time trying to remember who is who on the previous series. This series took place 2decades after Sonia (and the Guild) defeated the Ichani's invassion (please read the book three of Black Magician Trilogy). 


It's a bit weird, noting that most of characters within the story have done nothing during the past 2decades. Perhaps the author didn't want to confuse the reader however, it was kinda boring, reading the part where the characters had remembered their past from 20years ago (like there were nothing new to be recalled in 5 or 10years ago). But I liked the story about Sachaka country (which only barely told on the previous books). It offers fresh plot and background, although Trudi didn't elaborate it into a finer details.


Sonia, the black magician, now has a son named Lorkin. The story revolves around Lorkin who wanted some 'real life adventure' outside her-mother-watchful-eyes and outside the magician guild. Together with Dannyl, they went to Sachaka as guild's ambassador. Dannyl would like to quench his thirst of history while Lorkin on the other hand, intended to find (if any) higher form of the lost magic which was rumoured as more powerful than the black magic. Entangled within the century-depth of cold-war, a slave-pretended-spy saved Lorkin and took him to the secret place, away from Dannyl's and of course, the guild's protection. What had he encountered and how the story ended...I will leave it for you to read (better not spoil the fun)...and wait for the coming sequel (The Rogue).

I gave 3.5 out of 5 for this book. Trudi had managed to present new thing onto the 'old plot' and written the story with smooth flow, though no excessive action but still captivating (well at least I didn't fall asleep he he he).