Shadow Chaser
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- ¥850
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- ¥850
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Shadow Harold, master thief, is in over his head. When he accepted the King's commission (not that he had any choice in the matter) he did not think that it would be to retrieve a legendary artefact from Hrad Spein, the many-layered resting place of ogres, elves and wizards; a place of dread, awe and immeasurable power, sealed up for centuries. Unless Harold finds the long-lost Horn, the Nameless One will overrun the realm of Valiostr, the northernmost kingdom of Siala.
But that was just the beginning of Harold's troubles. Magically bound to the Key with which the dark elves sealed Hrad Spein, and which his enemies are determined to obtain at any cost, treachery, subterfuge and death follow Harold and his companions as they fight to reach their goal. On one side is the threat of the Nameless One; on the other, the servants of the mysterious Master. A long-dead mage is living in Harold's head, and his dreams are haunted by terrible visions. What is the meaning of the House of Power, not to mention the House of Pain, the House of Love, and the House of Fear? Resolutely denying his destiny as the mystical Dancer in the Shadows, Harold's journey takes him to the Forest of Zagraba, 'the land where the gods had walked at the dawn of time'…
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Pehov's Chronicles of Siala are bestsellers in his native Russia, but American readers may lose patience with this slow-moving sequel to 2010's Shadow Prowler. Shadow Harold is beginning to discover the secrets behind his destined role as the Dancer in the Shadows. The rag-tag adventurers who accompany him also gradually reveal their own pasts, though quite a few are eliminated before their stories are fully known. Meanwhile, not one but two dark lords (the Nameless One and the Master) send minions forth to steal the Key to the tomb complex of Hrad Spein. Tossing together daytime battles and nighttime thefts, duels to the death, the undead, ogre magic, vengeful elves, and a dwarf in a bowler hat, Pehov tries as hard as goblin jester Kli-Kli to amuse his audience with his juggling, but it does little to advance the plot.
