The Shamer's Signet
core novel 2001 The Shamer Chronicles
Record
| Original title | Skammertegnet |
|---|---|
| First published | 2001 |
| Original language |  DA |
| First English translation | 2005 |
| Translator | Lene Kaaberbol (self-translated with English-language collaborators) |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.90 (5,438 ratings, collected 2026-08-20) |
| Page count | 320 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780805075427 |
Synopsis
Set some time after Dina's family is thrown into turmoil by her father Sezuan's return, this installment finds Dina and her brother Davin taking refuge in the Highland territory among the Kensie clan while agents of the warlord Drakan, who rules the harsh factory town of Dracana, infiltrate the Highlands to hunt them down. Davin, still coming into his own during a difficult coming-of-age, becomes a viewpoint character alongside Dina as the siblings are separated: Dina is captured by Drakan's cruel agent Valdracu and forced to misuse her Shamer ability against the townspeople of Dracana against her will, while Davin races across the Highlands to try to reach and free her. The novel follows the mounting threats of assassination, clan warfare, and Dina's forced corruption of her own gift as the two threads, Dina's captivity and Davin's rescue attempt, run in parallel.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Shamer Chronicles
- Series: The Shamer Chronicles core; position 2 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Lene Kaaberbol
Notes
- On the translation: English translations published by Henry Holt (US) / Hot Key Books (UK).
- From the series record (The Shamer Chronicles): Danish young-adult fantasy quartet, published in Denmark as Skammerens datter (2000), Skammertegnet (2001), Slangens gave (2001), and Skammerkrigen (2003); translated into English as The Shamer's Daughter, The Shamer's Signet, The Serpent Gift, and The Shamer's War (Henry Holt, US, and Hot Key Books/Bloomsbury, UK).
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series The Shamer Chronicles: position 2 of 4: previous The Shamer's Daughter (2000) · next The Serpent Gift (2001)
Sources
- Rating-platform series listing: The Shamer Chronicles
- Bookseller series listing: The Shamer Chronicles
- https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/lene-kaaberbol/the-shamers-signet/
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