Shaman's Crossing
Nevare Burvelle was destined from birth to be a soldier. The second son of a newly anointed nobleman, he must endure the rigors of military training at the elite King's Cavella Academy—and survive the hatred, cruelty, and derision of his aristocratic classmates—before joining the King...
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Nevare Burvelle was destined from birth to be a soldier. The second son of a newly anointed nobleman, he must endure the rigors of military training at the elite King's Cavella Academy—and survive the hatred, cruelty, and derision of his aristocratic classmates—before joining the King of Gernia's brutal campaign of territorial expansion. The life chosen for him will be fraught with hardship, for he must ultimately face a forest-dwelling folk who will not submit easily to a king's tyranny. And they possess an ancient magic their would-be conquerors have long discounted—a powerful sorcery that threatens to claim Nevare Burvelle's soul and devastate his world once the Dark Evening brings the carnival to Old Thares.
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780060758288 (0060758287)
ASIN: 60758287
Publish date: August 29th 2006
Publisher: Harper Voyager
Pages no: 591
Edition language: English
Series: The Soldier Son Trilogy (#1)
This was the first Robin Hobb book I have read. I'm torn on my rating. I really liked the story. It set up a great world and posed some very interesting issues. However, the main character is a major weakness in my mind. He is clearly incurious, arrogant, ignorant, and all around dull. He takes no r...
This is also very long - I struggled through it, however, because Robin Hobb is a really compelling writer.I was also under the illusion it was going to be about interesting things, an illusion that shattered when I hit Forest Mage.Basically it was at about this stage of my life that I realised neit...
There are some highlights in the book that suggest the world could be so much more interesting. The magic system of the plainsmen has a weakness against Iron but we don't really know what the source of the magic is (beyond a frog that can cause hallucinations). The Specks to the far west also show s...
There are some highlights in the book that suggest the world could be so much more interesting. The magic system of the plainsmen has a weakness against Iron but we don't really know what the source of the magic is (beyond a frog that can cause hallucinations). The Specks to the far west also show s...
There are some highlights in the book that suggest the world could be so much more interesting. The magic system of the plainsmen has a weakness against Iron but we don't really know what the source of the magic is (beyond a frog that can cause hallucinations). The Specks to the far west also show s...
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