The Shamer's War

by Lene Kaaberbøl and Lene Kaaberbol

Book Overview

The spellbinding final volume of the Shamer Chronicles The Dragon Lord of Dunark is ruthlessly hunting down Shamers and burning them at the stake. He must be brought down, and so a rebellion is formed. Rebellions need leaders, and what better choice than the legitimate heir to Dunark, Dina's friend Nico? Nico is reluctant to kill even a rabbit. Still, Dina's considerable powers should help him triumph over the Dragon Lord. But Nico knows only too...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805077715
• ISBN13: 9780805077711
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.8" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9

Customer Reviews

I hated it with a passion!

(WARNING! SPOILER ALERT) she and Nico were finally realizing their love for each other (even if there was a third wheel) then her power becomes stronger and different and all of a sudden the author changes Nico's personality and he treats Dina in a way he wouldn't have! And a guy that we've only seen once before is there and somehow Dina and him get together, disgusting! I stopped reading and skipped to the end (which I think is the first time I've done that) and the ending has Dina and that guy getting together, revolting!!! I wanted to rip it to bits and burn it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I threw it outside to keep myself from destroying it. (I still want to rip it apart and watch it burn!)

Great characters in a superbly imagined world!

I fell in love with Dina and her world when I first met her in the Shamer's daughter. She is a strong, yet flawed character, and for all her `magic' powers immensely human. In the same way, her world, so richly imagined by Ms. Kaaberbol, manages to be, at the same time, fantastic and real. In the Shamer's War, the last book in the series, Dina, now thirteen, has come into full possession of both her mother's gift, the ability to shame people by showing them their most reprehensible memories, and his father's, the gift of illusion, which allows her to conceal her presence at will. But having powers is dangerous. Drakan, the usurper lord of Dunark, is conquering all the lands beyond Dina's remote village and killing the shamers. As Drakan's forces advance, a resistance is rallying under Nico's name. Nico, the rightful heir to Dunark, is living with Dina's family, and the last thing he wants is to be Dunark lord, or the leader of the resistance. Nico is no coward, but he knows power has a price, one he's reluctant to pay. Yet feeling it's his duty to stop the war, he comes up with a plan, a plan that doesn't include Dina, or her family. But when he secretly leaves the village to deal with Drakan on his own terms, a lovesick Dina follows him, dragging the reader behind in a fast paced adventure across oceans and though marshes to the final, breathtaking confrontation between the lawful heir and the usurper lord. Like another famous Danish storyteller, Hans Christian Andersen, Ms. Kaaberbol doesn't settle for an easy happily-ever-after ending, but for a quieter and more realistic one, that is still quite satisfying. The Shamer's War, with its thought provoking look at the nature of power and the real meaning of courage, is a strong book on its own, and a worthy conclusion to the series.

Twists and Turns, but still awesome!

This final adaption to The Shamer Chronicles, is the best one of the series( I am sure of it!). I wanted more after it was finished, though it did end extremely well! Ms. Kaaberbol did a very well job on this book. Ther are some parts that caught my attention, and made me cry! I think Dina and Davin are good characters, but stubborn!I don't like Nico as much as I did in the other's. I think rose is hillarious as much as I think she was in the other two! Some characters return in this book, and I love who they are! If you want to read this book, I would recommend you read the previous ones first! I hope I hope helped by writing my review!

AMAZING

This entire series is amazing, but this final book has so many twists and turns that you really don't know how it will end. I think the author ties off the chornicles with a few strings undone, but thats to add dramatic tension, and to leave us guessing what reactions are to the final moments of the book. AWESOME...read all 4 books...now