The Shamer's Daughter
Book 1 in The Shamer Chronicles Who dares look into her eyes? The Shamer has the power to unmask the soul's darkest secrets and crimes - a useful gift that can feel more like a curse. At least Dina thinks so. She has just inherited her mother's power, only to find that her childhood friends are...
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Book 1 in The Shamer Chronicles Who dares look into her eyes? The Shamer has the power to unmask the soul's darkest secrets and crimes - a useful gift that can feel more like a curse. At least Dina thinks so. She has just inherited her mother's power, only to find that her childhood friends are now her enemies. But when her mother is called to Dunark Castle to uncover the truth about a bloody triple murder, Dina must come to terms with her Shamer's eyes - or let her mother fall prey to the vicious and revolting dragons of Dunark.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780786266722 (0786266724)
Publish date: August 1st 2004
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Pages no: 250
Edition language: English
Series: The Shamer Chronicles (#1)
Book Review: Shamer's Daughter, by Lene KaaberbolHow did this book get past me when it was first published? The premise is described in the trailer for the novel: Dina is the daughter of the Village Shamer, a woman who can read the truth in people through looking at their eyes, and the daughter has...
This is almost a Danish Children's Classic. It's been so long sine I read this book that all I can remember is Dina's "eyes of shame." The setting gives me a medieval feeling, which is part of what I like. It helps simplify the story, because there's no technology to consider. It's all action. And t...
I had seen this one around, and then I saw the books in the library. On the youth side and I was like now, but then I thought later on why not. Why not read because I think I am too old to read something meant for 9-14 year olds. Never read any Danish fantasy so I gave it a shot.What a short and eas...
I read this book long ago in Danish. My sister borrowed it fron the school library, and I picked it up because I had nothing better to do. Good thing I did. This book captures you from the first page, it has a very unuasual beginning that gives us insight into Dina's character, without telling too m...