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Southmarch Castle is about to be caught between two implacable enemies, the ancient, immortal Qar and the insane god-king, the Autarch of Xis. Meanwhile, its two young defenders, Princess Briony and Prince Barrick, are both trapped far away from home and fighting for their lives. And now,... read more

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The distant mountains were black, as were the rocky beach and pounding sea, and the sky was like wet gray stone'the only bright things he could see were the crests of the waves that ran ahead of the stiff breeze and the gleaming white foam that leaped toward the sky each time a wave died against the rocks.

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PART ONE, THE KNOTTED ROE

1. A cold Fever
2. A letter from Erasmias Jino
3. Seal of War
4. The Deep Library
5. Haunters of the Deeps
6. The Tree in the Crypt
7. The Battle of Kleaswell Market
8. And All His Little Fishes
9. The Thing with Claws
10. Fools Lose the Game
11. Two Prisoners
12. Willow
13. A Glimpse of the Pit
14. The Queen of the Fay

PART TWO, THE TORTOISE

15. Heresies
16. A Cage for a King
17. Defending the Mystery
18. Exiles and Firstborn
19. Mummery
20. Words from the Burned Land
21. Call of the Cuttlehorn
22. Damnation Gate
23. A Storm of wings
24. Disobedient Soldiers
25. Tooth and Bone
26. By the Light of Burning Ships
27. Full of the Stuff
28. Better Than Expected

PART THREE, THE OWL

29. A Little Man of Stone
30. Slipping of Blood
31. The Gate to Funderling Town
32. A Coin to Pay the Passage
33. Spearpoint
34. Coming Home
35. His Dearie-Dove
36. When the Knife Falls
37. The Blood of a God
38. The Very Old Thing
40. Fiery Laughter
41. Snakes and Spiders
42. The Pale Blade
43. Fever Egg
44. The Screaming Stars

PARK FOUR, THE PINE TREE

45. Only in Dreams
46. The Guttering Candle
47. Death of the Eddons
48. By the Dark River
49. Two Boats
50. Cuckoo in the Nest
51. A Shared Admiration
52. The Crooked Piece
53. Shadowplayers
54. Evergreen

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This is book 4 of 4 in Shadowmarch. (standard series)

Preceded by Shadowrise.

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  1. Tad Williams (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Group
Country: United States
Publication Date: November 30, 2010
ISBN: 0756406404
Page Count: 672

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