King of Shadows (Sword in Exile, Book 2) [Mass Market Paperback]

Ann Marston (Author)

Book Description

Series: Sword in Exile | Publication Date: December 1, 1999

Servant to Kings

"Every" bheancoran" serves and protects a prince," said lowen. "But I have no prince."

Her aunt smiled. "You may never have a prince. But I think, dearheart, that you might serve...a king!"

Freedom's Promise

For generations, the Somber Riders have ruled the Calae lands. But this spring brings more than green buds, crying lambs, and sparkling burns. It brings new promise.

Destiny, that bold weaver, is pulling together three shining strands: A girl "bheancoran" by blood, whose Rune Blade thirsts for justice. A brash young sovereign whose heart seeks vengeance. And a renegade Somber Rider, touched with Tyadda magic, who remembers a long-forgotten dream. . .

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About the Author

Ann Marston grew up back and forth across most of Canada, and now lives in Edmonton, Alberta. She has worked as a teacher, a flight instructor, an airline pilot and an airport manager and is deeply involved in her local Adult Literacy Project. She has two children, Laura who is a fourth generation pilot, and Daniel, who is a computer genius, and is currently owned by three cats, Pixel, Canrith Backspin, and Friend, who continually try to organize her but haven't quite succeeded. She writes fantasy because everyone knows pilots don't live in the real world anyway.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Eos (December 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0061020419
• ISBN-13: 978-0061020414
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,712,773 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Like the rest of the series, very enjoyable, January 4, 2000

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Sarah E. Morin - See all my reviews

This review is from: King of Shadows (Sword in Exile, Book 2) (Mass Market Paperback)

I am becoming very attached to this series. Marston has an excellent sense of suspense and fate. Her stories have the fiber of legend, and reading them somehow feels as natural as reading Robin Hood or the Aeneid. Like Cloudbearer's Shadow, King of Shadows drives ever closer to the oncoming of a king to drive the Maedun from the land. The character of Cynric, the half-Saesnesi, half-Maedun rebel is especially appealing. I wish we could learn more of what happens to him, but I suspect Marston will move to the next generation with the next book, so that we only find out second-hand. My main complaint is that it's hard to get to know the characters well in so short a span, especially when the book switches narrators midway through. The action almost seemed like a foregone conclusion, and I wished we could have slowed done for more characterization and complexity. However, the book as a whole is very enjoyable, and I look forward to the continuation of the series.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Second best book of all of the 2 triologies!, January 21, 2000

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Chris Ryll - See all my reviews

This review is from: King of Shadows (Sword in Exile, Book 2) (Mass Market Paperback)

With the exception of the very first book, Kignmaker's Sword, this is the best of all of Ann's books in both the Rune Blade and Sword in Exile Triologies. I love how she makes two stories come together so nicely. I found both main characters very compeling and well rounded. Ann writes a great book and they just keep on coming.

5.0 out of 5 stars King of Shadows, February 24, 2010

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This review is from: King of Shadows (Sword in Exile, Book 2) (Mass Market Paperback)

I couldn't wait to start this book and now that I've finished it I can't wait to read Cloudbearer's Shadow the third and last book of this trilogy!