The Shadow Ryana, C. R. Daems
The Shadow Ryana, C. R. Daems
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The Shadow Ryana

Author: C. R. Daems

Narrator: Gabrielle de Cuir

Unabridged: 9 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Skyboat Media

Published: 09/25/2018

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Epic


Synopsis

Ryana, a worthless girl-child, is sold to a mysterious woman who takes her to the home of the Shadow Sisters who are prized for their abilities as spies and assassins. She survives years of training in spite of being unconventional: adopting poisonous bats as familiars—something no one else would dare to do; choosing the blow dart as her weapon of choice—a weapon the Sisters don’t teach; and relying on intuition rather than logic. As she completes her training, the Shadow Sisters are under attack. The senior Sister selects Ryana to find out who is killing Sisters and why—because her intuitive approach has proved effective, even though her youth and inexperience makes it unlikely she will survive. As she travels through the kingdom as a member of a gypsy clan, she finds the only way she can protect the Sisters and hope to discover the underlying plot is through ever more violence and killing. As she proceeds through the provinces, her secret enemies come to call her the Sister of Death and become desperate to find and kill her. But in her desperate fight to protect the Sisterhood and the kingdom, Ryana fears that she has destroyed herself and the only life she ever wanted.

About C. R. Daems

Clem Daems is a native of Chicago and a graduate of the University of Arizona. He served twenty-two years in the US Air Force and has worked as a software engineer, course developer, and adjunct professor teaching mathematics and computer science. He began his first novel at age seventy, several years after his retirement. His first novel, coauthored with Jeanne Tomlin, was a 2010 Eppie finalist in Fiction/Fantasy. Daems is an active member of the Science Fiction Writers of America and lives in Tucson, Arizona, with his wife.

About Gabrielle de Cuir

Gabrielle de Cuir, award-winning narrator, has narrated over three hundred titles and specializes in fantasy, humor, and titles requiring extensive foreign language and accent skills. She was a cowinner of the Audie Award for best narration in 2011 and a three-time finalist for the Audie and has garnered six AudioFile Earphones Awards. Her “velvet touch” as an actor’s director has earned her a special place in the audiobook world as the foremost producer for bestselling authors and celebrities.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Mike (the Paladin) on January 20, 2022

This was a close one. I almost dropped in to a 3 star rating due mostly to the...I don't know exactly how to put this... I suppose it could be called the "romance angle". HOWEVER I don't want to mislead. There is very, very little romance in the book however I just didn't think that part of the plot......more

Goodreads review by Samuel on June 13, 2016

Well I must say that this book is bad as well as good at the same time. The Author had an interesting storyline and a good insight for fight scenes, however was pretty bad at laying a backdrop for the character and world. It really did get a little frustrating. For example, we measure time as sixdays......more

Goodreads review by Hollie on August 16, 2021

Great continuation of the Shadow Sister series. Loved seeing some of the old characters. The Sister of Death is amazing♡ Each book has a tidy ending (no stupid cliffhangers).......more

Goodreads review by Lesa on November 27, 2020

Interesting start.. Ryana taken into the sisterhood to learn to be a spy. But her skills are so much more. The sisters are being killed. Ryana has the skills to spy and killed. She's young and no one would think she's a killer. Taking into a gypsy clan she's undercover. Trying to find out who's behind......more

Goodreads review by Darren on November 10, 2020

The story was really engaging, and I liked almost all of it. But Ryana has a serious problem with not understanding people and blaming herself for stuff, that got old by the end.......more