The Dance of Shadows Harper Collins All the while

All the while

a once-beautiful ice city that has fallen on hard times

before he knows it

into the lives of two German brothers - both born close upon the turn of the century

a fire in a glass foundry that has claimed two lives

The Dance of Shadows Harper Collins All the whileRumi and his family are Odu, stricken with poverty and disparaged by the other tribes. When ruthless agents of the Palmaine the colonising nation that dominates the continent of Basmine threaten to destroy the village market, Rumi takes it upon himself to liberate his family. Taking a place in the prestigious Golden Room, where earnings from his music offer a chance at freedom, he shoulders his pride and resentment in a bid to make it to the top. On