Shaman's Crossing
- 607
- Pages
- about 11 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Shaman’s Crossing” is unlike most fantasy, Robin Hobb’s own included: dark, strange and, for the readers it hooks, absorbing. Nevare narrates his first year at the King’s Cavalla Academy as a privileged young man with the views of his class, far from the low-born hero on the rise. Some readers find the opening slow, and others say the trilogy grows stranger and harder going after this volume. It opens the “Soldier Son” trilogy and runs to 607 pages.
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About the book
Shaman's Crossing is a fantasy novel by American writer Robin Hobb, the first in her Soldier Son Trilogy. It is written in first-person narrative from the viewpoint of Nevare Burvelle and follows his life through his first year in the King's Cavalla Academy.
Reading order · Soldier Son Trilogy
Full order & progress →- Shaman's CrossingThis book
7.47.4 / 10 - Forest Mage
7.57.5 / 10 - Le Fils rejeté
–Not ranked yet - Le Choix du soldat
–Not ranked yet - Le Renégat
–Not ranked yet - Danse de terreur
–Not ranked yet
Where the score comes from
The sources average 6.9 across 152 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 51% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 7.4 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 6.9 | 9 | 6% |
| Hardcover | 6.9 | 143 | 94% |
Frequently asked
How long is Shaman's Crossing?
It has 607 pages — longer than 60% of the ranked books in Fantasy.
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