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Is part of The Binding Deborah Kalin , 2009 series - author novel (number 1 in series)
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'"I put out a hand to steady myself as the vision took me. The parquetry floor washed to black ... As if sparked by the hard glare, a fire burst and raged through the room, the flames hot enough to crisp bones and raise the smell of marrow burning to cinders. And me in the middle, wrapped in the black shroud of the dead."

'Matilde of the House of Svanaten is tired of being shadow queen. Her accession to the Turasi throne is long overdue, yet her imperious grandmother, Beata, is reluctant to hand over power.

'When Matilde's mysterious aunt, Helena, turns up for Turassi's most important festival, suspicions abound. Why has Helena - long married into the despised Ilthean nobility - suddenly appeared? And what of the Ilthean soldiers massed at the southern border?

'Hard on Helena's arrival, Matilde is struck by a vision that warns of doom. And it isn't long before a powerful enemy strikes at the very heart of power, leaving a trail of death and destruction in his wake.

'After narrowly surviving the conflagration that shatters her entire world, Matilde is forced to pit herself against her family's conqueror in a battle not just for the throne, but for her very existence.' (Publisher's blurb)

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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Arena , 2009 .
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      Extent: 304p.
      Description: illus., map
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      • Publication date: January 2009.
      ISBN: 9781741756166

Works about this Work

Shadow Queen by Deborah Kalin Satima Flavell , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Specusphere , March no. 7 2009;

— Review of Shadow Queen Deborah Kalin , 2009 single work novel
Fiction Books Jason Nahrung , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 16 - 17 May 2009; (p. 20)

— Review of Shadow Queen Deborah Kalin , 2009 single work novel
This Week's Selections Scott Moore , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 24 January 2009; (p. 10)

— Review of Shadow Queen Deborah Kalin , 2009 single work novel
Off the Shelf : Fantasy Thuy On , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 17 January 2009; (p. 31)

— Review of Shadow Queen Deborah Kalin , 2009 single work novel
Off the Shelf : Fantasy Thuy On , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 17 January 2009; (p. 31)

— Review of Shadow Queen Deborah Kalin , 2009 single work novel
This Week's Selections Scott Moore , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 24 January 2009; (p. 10)

— Review of Shadow Queen Deborah Kalin , 2009 single work novel
Fiction Books Jason Nahrung , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 16 - 17 May 2009; (p. 20)

— Review of Shadow Queen Deborah Kalin , 2009 single work novel
Shadow Queen by Deborah Kalin Satima Flavell , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Specusphere , March no. 7 2009;

— Review of Shadow Queen Deborah Kalin , 2009 single work novel
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