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The new national bestselling Noble Dead story arc is "another must read series" ( Book Spot Central ). Wynn journeys to the mountain stronghold of the dwarves in search of the "Stonewalkers," an unknown sect supposedly in possession of important ancient texts. But in her obsession to... read more

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  • Wynn: She's journeyor of the sagecraft guild, who followed Magiere, Leesil, and Chap on their adventures writing down her discoveries and translating ancient texts. She's a curious person and self reserved absorbed in her work, knows different languages, and seen beings that were myths or folklore. She's short brown hair girl, who's orphan at young age , and raised in sagecraft guild all her life. She has a mantic sight to see below the surface of things, mind speak w/ Chap and his progeny Shade, and speaks her mind to superiors or others.
  • Chane: A minor noble, who was turned to vampire(Noble Dead) by Ratboy, travel w/ another Noble Dead Westiel to the orb, and knows a little of Alchemy or conjury. He's a scholar that study ancient texts w/ Wynn at sagecraft guild, interest in Wynn to study together, and sworn to protect her from danger. He's have superstrength, heighten senses, a swordsman, and see in the dark. He requires blood to sustain his life.
  • Shade: a progeny of Chap and Lilly, who's both fey like wolves that help Wynn, Leesil, and Magiere searching for the orb. she 's intelligent, share memories of others to Wynn using mind speak, and detect supernatural beings.
  • Duchess Reine Faunier-Areskynna: She has dark long chestnut hair, wears a forest green skirt which split around the front over dark brown breeches, and half calf-high leather riding boots.She's the Duchess of Faunier, who responsible for Wynn blocking her efforts to retrieve her journals and ancient texts from her adventures w/ Leesil, Magiere, and Chap, and the investiagtions of sages murdered by the wraith. She's always accompained by her guards called Weardas and carries her small horseman's saber at her side to defend herself. She has ties to the royals, Guild of Sagecraft, and the Stonewalkers. She has secrets of her own to guard, knows how to ride horses, and don't know how to swim. She's flank by two weardas and their Captain Tristan. She's independent woman that not be question on her authority, knows how to use her saber and hand to hand combat, and doesn't like to protect by others.
  • Tristan: Captain of the Weardas that guards Duchess Reine and accompanied by two weardas. Duchess Reine counted on him when the need rises and wears a grim cold expression on his face.
  • Cinder Shard: Master of the Stonewalkers, who guards their own dwarven thane that die w/ honor, and one w/ the earth to move through stone. He's a dangerous individual, he constanlyt seen agruing w/ Chuillyon about decision he making or what do about Wynn and her companions, and knows who the wraith serves,
  • Chuillyon: He's an elf that served as advisor to Duchess Reine and member of the Order of Charmun. He can secrets of his own and not to be underestimated. He's mysterious person evenly to Reine, interested in ancient texts and Wynn knows about the wraith.
  • Hammer-Stag: He's a dwarven thane and a fame warrior by his heroic deed that tells tales at greeting house, He agreed tell Wynn about Magiere and Leesil helping him during a goblin raid if she tells a great tale to the dwarven crowd, and knows how to weild his weapons. He's respected among the dwarven people.
  • Shirvesh Mallet: a friend of Wynn and her mentor Domin Ghassan il' Sanke of the Order of Metaology at underside the guild of sagecraft
  • Frey Areskeynna: the husband of Duchess Reine that trace their descendants of the King of Waves( People of the Sea), some of his family have an illness drives them mad and worse through the ties to the moon. The Stonewalkers guards Reine that Frey still alive suffering from the illness, family believes he's dead and think that she kill him. He can communicated w' creatures of the sea and she guards him to prevent him answering their calls.
  • Melange Iron Braid: Domin Hightower of the guild of Sagecraft, Ore-Locks a Stonewalker, and Blacksmith Sliver's mother. Her wish is for see Ore-Locks again w/ Sliver's disapproval of Hightower and Ore-Locks leaving to pursue their calling and Wynn promised her to talk to Ore-Locks to visit her.
  • Ore-Locks: a dwarven, who's a member of the Stonewalkers to guards the tombs of fallen dwarven thanes, and his sister Sliver loathes him choosing that occupation, and interested what happen at the location of Baalale Seatt. He interested in translation of the ancient texts found Wynn and he served a fallen ancestor that masarce the inhabitants of Baalade Seatt.
  • Sliver Iron Braid: She's Domin Hightower and Stonewalker Ore-Locks younger sister, who's owns Iron Braid smithery, and dislikes her brother Ore-Locks for leaving to become Stonewalker and following their family traditions.
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Dusk settled over the harbor below Chemarré - Sea-Side - the western settlement of Dhredze Seatt, home of the dwarven people across the bay from Calm Seatt.

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 2 of 3 in Noble Dead (Series 2). (standard series)

Preceded by In Shade and Shadow: A Novel of The Noble Dead, and followed by Of Truth and Beasts.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. J. C. Hendee (Author)
  2. Barb Hendee (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Roc
Country: United States
Publication Date: January 5, 2010
ISBN: 0451463129
Page Count: 424

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  • In Shade and Shadow: A Novel of The Noble Dead

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