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In Farlander, the first book of the Heart of the World series, readers met Ash, an aging master assassin of the famed order of Roshun, and his apprentice Nico, a boy who always managed to be in the wrong place at the right time. Ash and Nico, one with failing health and the other with little training, were sent on a suicidal mission to fulfill a contract against the favored son of the Holy Matriarch, the ruler of Mann. The assassination of the Matriarch's son maintained the honor and reputation of the Roshun, but further destabilized a nation already beset by strife. For Ash, fulfilling the contract came at an enormous personal cost.Now in Stands a Shadow, driven by grief and anger, Ash embarks on a journey that takes him through the Free Ports and towards the embattled city of Bar-Khos. He arrives at the city as the Holy Matriarch of Mann orders her forces to breach the walls of Bar-Khos and bring it under her control. Renouncing the ways of the Roshun,
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COL BUCHANAN lives in Lancaster, England. Farlander was his debut novel, and the first novel in the Heart of the World series.
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Praise for Farlander:
“Something special . . . Buchanan writes vividly and well, and the story grips from the astonishing opening sequence to the unexpected conclusion.”
--The Times (UK)
“Completely absorbing. Once I was into it, I just couldn’t put it down. I’m looking forward to the sequel!”
--Glen Cook, author of The Black Company series
"Gripping. . . . Delightfully undermin[es] expectations."
--SFX
COL BUCHANAN lives in Lancaster, England. Farlander was his debut novel, and the first novel in the Heart of the World series.
Praise for Farlander:
“Something special . . . Buchanan writes vividly and well, and the story grips from the astonishing opening sequence to the unexpected conclusion.”
--The Times (UK)
“Completely absorbing. Once I was into it, I just couldn’t put it down. I’m looking forward to the sequel!”
--Glen Cook, author of The Black Company series
"Gripping. . . . Delightfully undermin[es] expectations."
--SFX
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- PublisherTor Books
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 0765331063
- ISBN 13 9780765331069
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages432
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