The Shattered Mask
novel 2001 Forgotten Realms
Record
| First published | 2001 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780786918621 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
When Shamur Uskevren, the matriarch of one of Sembia's oldest and most powerful merchant families, is tricked by an angry wizard into an assassination attempt on her own husband, her family is thrown into turmoil. Once the truth is discovered, she and her husband must struggle to save their family and stop the sorcerer. But in her anger she has forgotten one thing: in the world of intrigue and deception, of shadows and lies that is Sembia, nothing is ever what it seems. The third book of the Sembia: Gateway to the Realms series, by Richard Lee Byers.
Where it sits
- Universe: Forgotten Realms
- Series: Sembia: Gateway to the Realms ; position 3 of 7 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Richard Lee Byers
Notes
- Sembia: Gateway to the Realms #3. A thief and shapeshifting spy get entangled in Sembian intrigue and a shadowy cult.
- From the series record (Sembia: Gateway to the Realms): A 7-novel series (2000-2003) following the merchant city of Sembia and the extended Uskevren family, one novel per author in a shared timeline, plotted/edited by Ed Greenwood. Registered 2026-08-18.
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 Sembia: Gateway to the Realms: position 3 of 7: previous Shadow's Witness (2000) · next Black Wolf (2001)
- Internal chronology, within Forgotten Realms: position 115 of 215: previous Condemnation (2003) · next The Sea Devil's Eye (2000)
Sources
- Wikipedia: List of Forgotten Realms novels
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shattered_Mask
- Wizards of the Coast / TSR (publisher description, via Worlds Without End)
- Bookshare (publisher description)
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