Shadow's Son

The thrilling Shadow Saga begins in Shadow's Son —"a first-rate sword-and-sorcery tale, with intriguing characters, that moves at a quick pace" ( Booklist ). In the city of Othir, there are two kinds of people—the dead and those ones who made them that way. Caim is certainly not dead. Orphaned and adrift, Caim grows up to become a cold-blooded assassin with the aid of his ethereal companion Kit—a useful-but-maddening spirit only he can see or hear. And as far as Caim is concerned, he doesn't nee