The Shadow Isle (The Silver Wyrm, Book 3)

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Book fourteen of the celebrated Deverry series, an epic fantasy rooted in Celtic mythology that intricately interweaves human and elven history over several hundred years.
As the tale of Deverry and her people draws near to its close, questions will be answered and mysteries uncovered

The wild Northlands hold many secrets, among them the mysterious dweomer island of Haen Marn, the mountain settlements of Dwarvholt, and the fortified city of Cerr Cawnen, built long ago by escaping bondmen from Deverry itself. And just who or what are the mysterious Dwgi folk

Thanks to the Horsekin, who continue to push their religious crusade south toward the borders of the kingdom, the human beings of Deverry and their elven allies realize that the fate of the Northlands lies tangled with their own. Although the dwarven race holds strong, the island of Haen Marn has fled and Cerr Cawnen seems doomed. Only the magic of Dallandra and Valandario and the might of the powerful dragons, Arzosah and Rori, can reveal the secrets and save the Northlands from conquest.

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Praise for Katharine Kerr and the Deverry novels:

Kerr is an excellent writer, her stories live and breathe exciting, unpredictable, and engaging in equal measure.
Mark Lawrence

A fantastic plot which turns a simple story into something far more original a cracking read engrossing SFX

A criminally under-rated and overlooked epic fantasy sequence [with] a keen sense of history, well drawn characters, and a complex plot Kate Elliott, author of the Spiritwalker Trilogy

An unusually scholarly writer of fantasy TELEGRAPH

Much as I dislike comparing anything to The Lord of the Rings, I have to admit that on this occasion its justified INTERZONE

Kerr is a master of her tradeShe has created a world that might very well go on for ever, and this one reader sincerely hopes it does VECTOR

An extensive and complete world, whose endlessly fascinating details grow book by book STARLOG

Author Bio

Leaving snowy Ohio for California, Katharine Kerr studied at Stanford University for a spell before dropping out to join some of the many social movements sweeping San Francisco in the 60s. She first became involved in the field of fantasy through role-playing games, writing articles for gaming magazines and authoring early quests for Dungeons and Dragons - all of which soon led her to fantasy writing, with her first Deverry novel, Daggerspell, appearing in 1986. Since then, her Deverry series has hit The Times and the Australian bestseller lists, garnering fans from around the world.