Shadow's Edge (2008) (edit title/settings)

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• Kylar Stern: The main character. He used to be a street rat but became the best wetboy of Cenaria under the tutelage of his former Master Durzo Blint. In love with Elene, he promised in the first volume ( The Way of Shadows) to renounce his old life although he has inherited his former master's mysterious ka'kari. He plans to go to another town far from Cenaria to start a new life with Elene and Uly, the daughter of Durzo fulfilling the promise he had made to his master before his death.
• Durzo Blint: Kylar's former master and ancient owner of a 7th ka'kari. He is supposed to have died in the previous book.
• Gnasher: A simple minded "holer" with filed and pointy teeth
• Viridiana Sovari: aka Vi. Hu Gibbet's wetgirl apprentice. Was supposed to kill Kylar in the first book but failed. She suspects he is the so called legendary "Night Angel" who saved some of the Nobles faithful to Logan Gyre. As her master has betrayed the Sa'kagé, she's now forced to work for Garoth, the Godking.
• Dorian: A Prophet, a magi and first son of the Godking of Khalidor. He betrayed his father. His aim is not clearly defined.
• Logan Gyre: Kylar's best friend who became King of Cenaria by marrying Jenine Gunder in the first volume. Everybody believes he died after the coup, but the young man miraculously survives although his situation is now unknown.
• Jarl: Kylar's former best friend when both were still living in the streets. They both live in different worlds now but he still considers Kylar a friend and tries to help him in his own way. Now works for Momma K as a pimp.

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• “I'll break you one more time if I have to so you don't have to be a cripple anymore.”

• “Durzo had never considered himself to be the best; he just thought everyone else was worse than he was. It might seem like the same thing, but it wasn't.”

  Kylar

• “"All women are whores," she said. "Whether they sell their bodies or their smiles and their charm or their childbearing years and submission to a man. The world makes a woman a whore, but a woman makes her terms, Your Holiness."”

  Vi

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• Durzo had never considered himself the best; he just thought everyone else was worse than he was.

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• Sometimes life is our battlefield. We must do what we know to do, not what we want to do.”

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• we allow evil to use us. It doesn’t care if we know what we’re doing is evil or not. After we’ve done its will, if we feel guilty, it can use that to condemn us in our own eyes. If we feel good, it can immediately use us for its next objective.”

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• “A wolf might become a wolfhound, son, but it will never be a lap dog.”

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• The horror is having profound power in one hand and a strong moral sense in the other and absolutely no foundation to stand on.

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• Power is a whore. Once you finally hold her, you realize that she is courting every man in sight.”

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• Why did women always believe that talking about a problem would fix it? Some issues were corpses. Hot air made them fester and rot and spread their disease to everything else. Better to bury it and move on.

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• “A threat’s a promise, boy. On the street, you can lie about everything except your threats. An empty threat is surrender.”

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• “You see, to my eyes, the world holds only two mysteries. Evil is the first, and love is the second.

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• Why am I always the asshole? Because she’s too good for you.

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Organizations edit see section history

• Sa'kagé: The Sa'kagé is the term used for the criminal underworld of Midcyru.
• The Nine: The council to the Cenarian Shinga consisted of nine of the most important Sa'kagé members.

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Glossary edit see section history

• Shinga: The Shinga is the head of the Sa'kagé.

Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by The Way of Shadows, and followed by Beyond the Shadows.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Brent Weeks (Author)

Other Contributors:

1. Calvin Chu (Cover Artist) - Cover illustration (ISBN: 9780316033657)
2. Peter Cotton (Designer) - Cover design (ISBN: 9780316033657)
3. Paul Boehmer (Narrator)
4. Hans Link (Translator) - German
5. D. Di Falco (Translator) - Italian
6. Gabriel Dols Gallardo (Translator) - Spanish

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Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: PS3623.E4223 .S53 2008
• Dewey: 813.6

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Some adult themes, but nothing horrible. The main character is an assassin with a desire to change. There is death, magic and villainous leadership. There is a strong desire for sex and discussion of sex, it never actually occurs.

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Fantasy › Epic
• Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Fantasy › Series

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