A Shadow in Summer

, #1

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Daniel Abraham: A Shadow in Summer (2006, Tor)

English language

Published Jan. 4, 2006 by Tor.

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3 stars (1 review)

The city-state of Saraykeht dominates the Summer Cities. Its wealth is beyond measure; its port is open to all the merchants of the world, and its ruler, the Khai Saraykeht, commands forces to rival the Gods. Commerce and trade fill the streets with a hundred languages, and the coffers of the wealthy with jewels and gold. Any desire, however exotic or base, can be satisfied in its soft quarter. Blissfully ignorant of the forces that fuel their prosperity, the people live and work secure in the knowledge that their city is a bastion of progress in a harsh world. It would be a tragedy if it fell.

Saraykeht is poised on the knife-edge of disaster.

At the heart of the city's influence are the poet-sorcerer Heshai and the captive spirit, Seedless, whom he controls. For all his power, Heshai is weak, haunted by memories of shame and humiliation. A man …

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reviewed A Shadow in Summer by Daniel Abraham (Long Price Quartet, #1)

Fascinating debut with niggling annoyances

3 stars

Content warning CW: forced abortion

Subjects

  • City and town life -- Fiction.