Shaman's Crossing

core novel 2005 The Soldier Son Trilogy

Record

First published	2005
Original language	EN
Work type	novel
Canon status	core
Reader rating	3.56 (26,652 ratings, collected 2026-09-11)
Page count	591
First-edition ISBN	9780060757625
Internal chronology	1

Synopsis

Shaman's Crossing follows Nevare Burvelle, a young noble in the kingdom of Gernia destined for a military career, as he begins formal training at the King's Cavalla Academy in hopes of becoming a cavalry officer like his father before him. His path there is complicated from the start by prejudice from the established aristocracy toward his family's newer noble title, by unsettling dreams that seem to carry meaning beyond ordinary nightmares, and by an early encounter with the Speck people, a group whose magic and territory lie at the edge of Gernian expansion. That encounter sets in motion supernatural forces that will follow Nevare through his time at the academy, beginning the first book of the Soldier Son trilogy's examination of colonial ambition colliding with a magic Gernia does not understand.

Where it sits

• Universe: The Soldier Son Trilogy
• Series: The Soldier Son Trilogy core; position 1 of 3 in the series' recorded order
• Author: Robin Hobb

Notes

• From the series record (The Soldier Son Trilogy): A distinct continuity from Robin Hobb's Realm of the Elderlings -- shares no characters, setting, or continuity.

Neighbouring works

Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.

• Reading order, within the series The Soldier Son Trilogy: position 1 of 3: next Forest Mage (2006)

Sources

• Wikipedia: Soldier Son trilogy
• Wikipedia: Shaman's Crossing
• Wikipedia: Forest Mage
• Wikipedia: Renegade's Magic

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