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Shaman's Crossing (The Soldier Son #1)

Robin Hobb

Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 591 pages

Rating: 3.45 | 19954 Users | 846 Reviews

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Original Title:	Shaman's Crossing
ISBN:	0060758287 (ISBN13: 9780060758288)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	The Soldier Son #1
Literary Awards:	Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Roman étranger (2007)

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Nevare Burvelle was destined from birth to be a soldier. The second son of a newly anointed nobleman, he must endure the rigors of military training at the elite King's Cavalla Academy--and survive the hatred, cruelty, and derision of his aristocratic classmates--before joining the King of Gernia's brutal campaign of territorial expansion. The life chosen for him will be fraught with hardship, for he must ultimately face a forest-dwelling folk who will not submit easily to a king's tyranny. And they possess an ancient magic their would-be conquerors have long discounted--a powerful sorcery that threatens to claim Nevare Burvelle's soul and devastate his world once the Dark Evening brings the carnival to Old Thares.

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Title	:	Shaman's Crossing (The Soldier Son #1)
Author	:	Robin Hobb
Book Format	:	Mass Market Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 591 pages
Published	:	August 29th 2006 by Harper Voyager (first published 2005)
Categories	:	Fantasy. Fiction. Epic Fantasy

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Ratings: 3.45 From 19954 Users | 846 Reviews

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3.5 stars & I may round down to 3 after the next 2 books. The magic system was wonderful & Hobb does take proper care of horses. She even has the hero taking care of his tack, a major plus. Excellent world with an a defeated society that is expanding over new territory. Very realistic & well done.I listened to it as an audio book with a good reader, but Hobb repeats herself enough that I wondered if the book was originally published as a serial. I don't think it was & she

I think that most people will go into this book expecting it to be like a Realm of the Elderlings novel. Its got very mixed reviews and most people end up disappointed with it. Now I waited a good 5 months after I finished RotE before starting this. I read some of Hobbs short fiction in this time and knew I could read and be impressed by a story from her that wasnt set in that world. It made me realise that it wasnt just her characters that I love, but her writing and stories. So I ended up

If you read this book expecting to get Fitz you will be fairly dissapointed. Because this is not Fitz at all.This story is completely different. It is a frontier novel with a totally different plot and a totally different hero. I loved Nevare as a boy and then started to even resent him a bit as he grew up but in the end he grew on me and now I find I really like him. I love the magic too and even though the book was fairly slow I have still enjoyed it.

So this book was one I went into with slight trepidation becuase the ratings here on Goodreads aren't great and I'd heard that this wasn't as strong as Hobb's Realm of the Elderlings books (which are my favourites). I am glad that I still gave this one a chance in spite of all that, because I loved this book and found that all the things I enjoy about Hobb's writing within the Realm of the Elderlings books are carried over into this series too.This series has a focus on one main character (much

This is the first of a trilogy set in a world rather like the American Old West complete with cavalry, but in a setup where the political system is a monarchy and lords, and the religion is based around a 'good god' and his holy writ. This writ dictates that the eldest son of a man should follow his father's trade or - in the case of the nobility - become the heir to his father's lands and property, the second son should be the 'soldier son', the third the priest, the fourth the artist and

I think that part of the problem with this book is with the audience. I feel that readers are holding this book up to their own expectations and not reading it on its own terms which causes disappointment and, based on some of the reviews, even grief.I enjoyed Shaman's Crossing from start to finish. It is a Robin Hobb book through and through in that the characters are vividly presented and it had me pulling my hair out several times. Hobb really knows how to torture her characters and make a

**Update. Below is the review I wrote when i read this book. Sadly I completely disliked what came next. I guess it happens.**Allow me a little leeway here. I tend to like plot driven books, but to be fair there are some wonderful character driven books that have drawn me in and I've loved. I like a character to be well written and clearly drawn, to be "true to him/herself". In other words not to suddenly change and do something "completely out of character" because the story suddenly needs it