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The first book in a brand new trilogy from the author of the Farseer, Liveship Traders and Tawny Man trilogies.
When the two-hundred year war between the kingdoms of Vania and Landsing ended the Landsingers were left in triumphant possession of Vania's rich coal and coast territories.
When young King Troven assumed the throne of Vania thirty years later, he was determined to restore her greatness, not through waging another assault upon their traditional enemies, but by looking in the opposite direction and colonising the wild plains and steppes to their east.
Over the next twenty years, cavalry forces manage to subdue the rolling plains formerly wasted on nomadic herders and tribesmen.Troven's campaign restores the pride of the Varnian military and to reward them, Troven creates a new nobility that is extremely loyal to their monarch.
Beyond the grasslands lies the current frontier of Varnia, the heavily forested Barrier Mountains, home to enigmatic Specks: a dappled, forest dwelling people, unable to tolerate the heat and full sunlight of the plains.
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Robin Hobb was born in California in 1952 and majored in Communications at Denver University, Colorado. Assassin’s Apprentice was her first novel, and was followed by the equally successful Royal Assassin and Assassin’s Quest. She lives outside Seattle, Washington.
Her website is: www.RobinHobb.com.
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Shaman's Crossing
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Eos / Harper Collins, New York, 2005
ISBN 10: 0007214685
ISBN 13: 9780007214686
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Da: S. Howlett-West Books (Member ABAA), Modesto, CA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good+. Illustrated by Ervin Serrano (illustratore). 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Cover Art; First US Trade Edition (following a limited, signed, boxed edition). This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good + dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean, with the exception of one small semi-closed tear to the top front panel. "Nevare Burvelle is the second son of a second son, destined from birth to carry a sword. The wealthy young noble follows his father - newly made a lord by the King of Gernia - into the cavalry, training in the military ars at the elite King's Cavella Academy in the capital city of Old Thares. Bright and well educated, an excellent horseman with an advantageous engagement, Nevare has a future which appears golden." "Lindholm sold her first short story to a children's magazine, leading to an early career writing for children. Her short fiction for children appeared in magazines such as Humpty Dumpty, Jack and Jill, and Highlights for Children. She also composed educational material, short works of fiction created to a very specific vocabulary list, which were used in SRA's programmed reading material. In the 1970s, Lindholm also began to write short fantasy, publishing short stories in fanzines such as Space and Time (edited by Gordon Linzner). Her first professional sale as a fantasy writer was the short story "Bones for Dulath," which appeared in the 1979 Amazons! Anthology, and which introduced her recurring characters Ki and Vandien.". Codice articolo A34093
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SHAMAN'S CROSSING. The Soldier Son Trilogy. One.
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Harper Collins, London. 2005., 2005
ISBN 10: 0007214685
ISBN 13: 9780007214686
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Da: Sainsbury's Books Pty. Ltd., Camberwell, VIC, Australia
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8vo, 533pp. Illustrated endpapers. A very good hardback copy in black cloth, and housed in matching slipcase. . Limited edition, No., 9 of 210 copies. Signed by the author. Codice articolo 122154
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