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![]() | Shaman's Crossing (2005) (The first book in the Soldier Son series) A novel by Robin Hobb |
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. The new settlers find the Specks slightly dim-witted and overly placid, and yet strangely difficult to control. There are tales that they are 'blood-drinkers' and their nature worship of ancestral trees has presented difficulties for those who wish to harvest the forest's exotic timber. They also harbour strange diseases, ones that cause the Specks little more than a week or two of discomfort but which frequently kills those settlers and soldiers who fall victim to it. For that reason, prolonged contact, and especially intimate contact with the Specks is judged both fool-hardy and disgusting. Nevare Gerar is the second son of one of King Troven's new lords. Following in his father's footsteps, a commission as a cavalry officer at the frontier and an advantageous marriage await him, once he has completed his training at the King's Cavalry Academy.
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Hardback Editions
September 2008 : Hardback
| Title: Shaman's Crossing (The Soldier Son Trilogy) Author(s): Robin Hobb ISBN: 0-00-723688-3 / 978-0-00-723688-6 (UK edition) Publisher: HarperVoyager Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
May 2008 : Library Binding
| Title: Shaman's Crossing: Book One of the Soldier Son Trilogy Author(s): Robin Hobb ISBN: 1-4352-7033-9 / 978-1-4352-7033-6 Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
September 2005 : Hardback
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September 2005 : Hardback
| Title: Shaman's Crossing (The Soldier Son Trilogy, Book 1) Author(s): Robin Hobb ISBN: 0-06-075762-0 / 978-0-06-075762-5 (USA edition) Publisher: Harper Voyager Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
July 2005 : Hardback
| Title: Shaman's Crossing: Book One of The Soldier Son Trilogy Author(s): Robin Hobb ISBN: 0-00-721468-5 / 978-0-00-721468-6 (UK edition) Publisher: Voyager Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
July 2005 : Hardback
| Title: Shaman's Crossing (The Soldier Son Trilogy) Author(s): Robin Hobb ISBN: 0-00-719612-1 / 978-0-00-719612-8 (UK edition) Publisher: Voyager Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
2003 : Hardback
| Title: Shaman's Crossing Author(s): Robin Hobb Publisher: Book Club / BCA Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
Paperback Editions
July 2008 : Paperback
| Title: Shaman's Crossing: Book One of The Soldier Son Trilogy Author(s): Robin Hobb ISBN: 0-00-719614-8 / 978-0-00-719614-2 (UK edition) Publisher: Harper Voyager Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 2008 : Paperback
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January 2008 : Paperback
| Title: Shaman's Crossing Author(s): Robin Hobb Publisher: Harper Voyager Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
January 2008 : Paperback
| Title: Shaman's Crossing Author(s): Robin Hobb Publisher: harper Voyager Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
January 2008 : Paperback
| Title: Shaman's Crossing Author(s): Robin Hobb Publisher: harper Voyager Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
August 2006 : Mass Market Paperback
| Title: Shaman's Crossing: Book One of The Soldier Son Trilogy Author(s): Robin Hobb ISBN: 0-06-075828-7 / 978-0-06-075828-8 (USA edition) Publisher: Harper Voyager Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
February 2006 : Paperback
| Title: Shaman's Crossing: Book One of The Soldier Son Trilogy Author(s): Robin Hobb ISBN: 0-00-719613-X / 978-0-00-719613-5 (UK edition) Publisher: Voyager Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
2005 : Paperback
| Title: Shaman's Crossing: Book One Of The Soldier Son Trilogy Author(s): Robin Hobb Publisher: Eos (Harper Collins) Availability: Amazon More details... |
2005 : Paperback
| Title: Shaman's Crossing: Book One Of The Soldier Son Trilogy Author(s): Robin Hobb Publisher: Voyager Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
1980 : Paperback
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Audio Editions
July 2011 : Audio CD
| Title: Shaman's Crossing Author(s): Robin Hobb ISBN: 1-4074-3712-7 / 978-1-4074-3712-5 (UK edition) Publisher: Whole Story Audiobooks Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
2006 : Audio CD
| Title: Shaman's Crossing Author(s): Robin Hobb ISBN: 1-4361-7968-8 / 978-1-4361-7968-3 Publisher: RecordedBooks Availability: Amazon More details... |
2006 : Audio Cassette
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2005 : Audio Cassette
| Title: SHAMAN'S CROSSING AUDIO CASSETTE Author(s): ROBIN HOBB ISBN: 1-4074-3710-0 / 978-1-4074-3710-1 (UK edition) Publisher: CLIPPER AUDIO BOOKS Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
Other Editions
October 2009 : Kindle edition
| Title: Shaman's Crossing: The Second Son Trilogy (Soldier Son Trilogy) Author(s): Robin Hobb Publisher: HarperCollins e-books Availability: Amazon More details... |
September 2008 : Kindle edition
| Title: Shaman's Crossing: Book One of The Soldier Son Trilogy (Specks Magic Trilogy) Author(s): Robin Hobb Publisher: Voyager Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
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January 2008 : Unknown
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2005 : Unknown
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