Dance of Shadows

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ISBN: 9781035900275
Author : Gourav Mohanty
Published: 2025
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Language: English
Format: Hardback

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As the fate of the realm hangs by a thread in the aftermath of a devastating war, a librarian princess, a knight and a priestess-dancer embark on a perilous quest, in the follow-up to Sons of Darkness. 150,000 first printing.

As the royal houses of Sons of Darkness intrigued, manoeuvred and finally met in open battle with devastating consequences, far more sinister deeds were unfolding just over the Eastern horizon. Dance of Shadows is that story.

A fragile armistice may hold in the West, but everyone knows it cannot last. In the Tree Cities of the East, a Conclave of Peace has assembled to secure the future of the realm. But the delegates -- deaf swordswomen and exiled snakelings, spoilt heroes and lovesick princes, immortal assassins and their apprentices -- will find no sun to light their path.

After all, the season of peace is the finest time to plant the seeds of war.

For the Son of Darkness rises, boiling over with a wrath that all the oracles in the world cannot hope to stop. After all, seeing the future is one thing, changing it is quite another.

But who is to say that there isn't a way?

In his dark re-imagining of ancient India, Mohanty dangles a vibrant cast of dubious heroes from the threads of fate: ancient foes awake, bitter enemies reconcile, old friends swear to destroy each other. The Sun is setting on the age of humanity, and shadows are gathering to dance...

The second instalment of Gourav Mohanty's Indian-inspired epic, grimdark fantasy series -- the Raag of Rta. 'Like Game of Thrones in an Indian universe' Dan Jones

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