A Dance of Blades

Format:

Book

Title:

A Dance of Blades

Author:

Dalglish, David.

ISBN:

9780316242493

9780356502793

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

New York : Orbit, 2013.

Physical Description:

407 pages : map ; 21 cm.

Series title(s):

Shadowdance ;

Number in series:

BK. 2.

Summary:

The war between the thief guilds and the powerful allegiance known as the Trifect has slowly dwindled. Now only the mysterious Haern is left to wage his private battle against the guilds in the guise of the Watcher, a vicious killer who knows no limits. When the son of Alyssa Gemcroft, one of the three leaders of the Trifect, is believed murdered, the slaughter begins anew. Mercenaries flood the streets with one goal in mind: find and kill the Watcher.

Subject(s):

Assassins -- Fiction.

Thieves -- Fiction.

Imaginary wars and battles -- Fiction.

Genre:

War stories.

Fantasy fiction.

Fiction.

Holds:

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Summary

From USA Today bestselling author David Dalglish
It's been five long years since the city learned to fear. . .

In book #2 of the Shadowdance series, the war between the thief guilds and the powerful allegiance known as the Trifect has slowly dwindled. Now only the mysterious Haern is left to wage his private battle against the guilds in the guise of the Watcher -- a vicious killer who knows no limits. But when the son of Alyssa Gemcroft, one of the three leaders of the Trifect, is believed murdered, the slaughter begins anew. Mercenaries flood the streets with one goal in mind: find and kill the Watcher.

Peace or destruction; every war must have its end.

Fantasy author David Dalglish spins a tale of retribution and darkness, and an underworld reaching for ultimate power.

Author Notes

David Dalglish currently lives in rural Missouri with his wife Samantha, and daughters Morgan, Katherine, and Alyssa. He graduated from Missouri Southern State University in 2006 with a degree in Mathematics and currently spends his free time dying for the umpteenth time in Dark Souls .

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

The second Shadowdance epic fantasy novel chronicling the evolution of master thief and assassin Haern picks up five years after the events of A Dance of Cloaks, with Haern living on the streets of Veldaren and battling the thieves' guilds that his father once led. Scheming merchant heiress Alyssa and kind priestess Delysia have also survived the bloodbath of the first volume and are coming into their own. In disarray and mutual weakness, the guilds and the wealthy ruling Trifect continue their suicidal war. Most members of the younger generation want peace, but they lack common motives and means, and as a result, their efforts only escalate the bloodshed. The pace is a shade less hectic than in the previous installment, the cavalcade of characters slightly thinned, yet Dalglish maintains the interest of his convoluted plot. Childish shock in the face of violence and betrayal has given way to mature fear: Haern and his peers can now foresee-and dread-the consequences of their actions, a more interesting development than any of the dagger fights. Agent: Michael Carr, Veritas Literary Agency. (Nov.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Library Journal Review

In these follow-up volumes to Dance of Cloaks, the first in an originally self-published online fantasy, Dalglish keeps up the momentum of his debut while moving forward with his character's growth as an individual. Haern now patrols the streets of Veldaren as "the Watcher," on the lookout for illicit guild activity as well as signs of wrongdoing by the ruling Trifect, powerful business interests. When Trifect member Alyssa Gemcroft's son Nathaniel is believed murdered, a hunt begins for his killer-the Watcher, or someone masquerading as the Watcher. VERDICT Introducing secondary characters as fascinating as his protagonist, Dalglish has written a gripping fantasy trilogy about a Batman-like vigilante hero whose penchant for doing the right thing does not outweigh his inner darkness. (c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.