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Shadow and Betrayal marks Daniel Abraham as one of today's most brilliantly original young fantasy writers. Daniel Abraham 1 - A Shadow in Summer (Mar-2006) 2 - A Betrayal in Winter (Sep-2007) 3 - An Autumn War (Aug-2008) 4 - The Price of Spring (Aug-2009). A Betrayal in Winter (2007) In a remote mountain academy, the politically expendable younger sons of the Great Houses study for an extraordinary task. One man, Otah Machi, stands at the crossroads of history in these imaginary world fantasies, the fulcrum around which the wheels of epic history rotate through achingly poignant cycles of life and death, love and betrayal. The industrialized Galt war machine is helpless against the powers of the andat…but political intrigue and deep treachery combine to shift the balance of power in a world of ancient empires and immortal magics. Publication Order of Long Price Quartet Books A Shadow in Summer, (2006) A Betrayal in Winter, (2007) An Autumn War, (2008) The Price of Spring, (2009). But the cities of the Khaiem resist Galt's power with the andat-creatures of magic with godlike powers.Įach andat is brought into being by a "poet" who must say the right words and exert the iron will needed to control gods. Abrahams writing is excellent all I can say is that. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. In this omnibus edition of A Shadow in Summer and A Betrayal in Winter, the aggressively expansionist Galt empire has already conquered lands across a huge continent. To summarise, Shadow and Betrayal is strong story about an empire struggling to maintain control and power. Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Shadow And Betrayal: Book One of The Long Price at. A value-priced omnibus of the first two novels of Daniel Abraham's classic Long Price Quartet-groundbreaking, unique fantasy of rare power and originality