The Shamer's War
core novel 2003 The Shamer Chronicles
Record
| Original title | Skammerkrigen |
|---|---|
| First published | 2003 |
| Original language |  DA |
| First English translation | 2009 |
| Translator | Lene Kaaberbol (self-translated with English-language collaborators) |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.12 (4,296 ratings, collected 2026-08-20) |
| Page count | 356 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780805077711 |
Synopsis
In the concluding volume of the Shamer Chronicles, the Dragon Lord who now rules Dunark hunts down Shamers across the kingdom, seeking to have them burned at the stake for the threat their truth-revealing power poses to his authority. A rebellion begins to take shape around Nico, the legitimate heir to Dunark and Dina's reluctant friend from the earlier books, as he moves to challenge the tyrant's hold on the throne. Dina, whose Shamer gift has already been tested and nearly broken over the course of the series, lends her ability to the growing resistance, using it in support of Nico's claim even as the Dragon Lord's persecution of Shamers escalates and the stakes of open rebellion grow for everyone involved.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Shamer Chronicles
- Series: The Shamer Chronicles core; position 4 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 4 of 4: previous The Serpent Gift (2001)
Sources
- Rating-platform series listing: The Shamer Chronicles
- Bookseller series listing: The Shamer Chronicles
- https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/RCS/the-shamer-chronicles/
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