Hero in the Shadows

Hero in the ShadowsBy: David Gemmell Series: Drenai Saga The ruined city of Kuan Hador reeks of dark mystery. Shunned by brigands and merchants alike, it is home to fearsome wild things and legends that freeze the blood tales that speak of slavering white beasts, locked behind a powerful wall of spells, who possess an insatiable appetite for death. Millennia have passed since they were bound, and the spell of imprisonment has begun to fade. Soon the foul minions will be

and then to something resembling rivals again

yet ideologically opposite parents

waits a creature called the Shrike

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a land of blazing heat and a medley of cultures

泰裔美國女作家、教育家和機械工程師。於美國德克薩斯州的一個小鎮長大，童年時大多在父母的泰式餐廳櫃檯後埋頭閲讀。她為自己的泰國血統和身為德州人感到自豪，並會定期前往德州韋瑟福德和泰國曼谷拜訪親人。著有十幾本兒童、青少年讀物，其中《黑暗中的願望》和All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team兩書，同時於二○二一年榮獲紐伯瑞文學獎銀牌獎，使她成為近六十餘年來首位獲得這份殊榮的作家。現與丈夫和兩個孩子住在德州首府奧斯汀。

'A most accomplished first novel

But Red is miserable

In these illuminating pages

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Meg - the sweet-tempered one

returns with another intricately plotted