King's Shield
Sherwood Smith is “a writer who is making her bid to be a major fantasist.”( Orson Scott Card)Inda, on the verge of adulthood, is at last coming home. At age eleven he’d been exiled from his kingdom, but when he learns that his homeland is about to be invaded, he ends his exile to report the...
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Sherwood Smith is “a writer who is making her bid to be a major fantasist.”( Orson Scott Card)Inda, on the verge of adulthood, is at last coming home. At age eleven he’d been exiled from his kingdom, but when he learns that his homeland is about to be invaded, he ends his exile to report the imminent attack. Pressed into service as the king’s “royal shield arm,” Inda must now defend the kingdom—for his reputation as the captain who defeated the most dangerous pirate fleet in history makes him the only man who stands a chance to defeat his country’s ancient enemy.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780756405007 (0756405009)
Publish date: July 1st 2008
Publisher: DAW Hardcover
Pages no: 594
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Adventure,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Epic Fantasy,
High Fantasy,
Historical Fiction,
Adult,
Medieval,
War,
Military
Series: Inda (#3)
After nearly a decade of exile, Inda returns to his homeland to warn them of a Venn invasion fleet. His old friends are thrilled to see him (not least the King, Evred, whose love for him has never died), but chilled by his news. They are all-too aware that the kingdom cannot defend itself against ...