Shadow Games

The Collector Chronicles #2

by D.K. Holmberg

With the Collector thwarted, Carth realizes that until she uncovers his allies in Keyall, he will continue to threaten the city. When the city is attacked, the ruling tribunal blames Carth and uses the power of the city to confine her.

The Collector demands that Carth find the Elder Stone in exchange for her freedom, but there is much more to the demand than it seems. Now she’s caught in a game that she might not be able to win and manipulated by someone more skilled than her. In this game, not only is her life at stake, but the lives of her friends are in danger if she loses.

Worse, the person making the moves might be someone much closer to her than she had ever realized.

Genres: Fantasy

318 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 21, 2017

Reviews

[BobA707 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Summary: Entertaining read, plenty of action and plenty of confusion to keep the reader guessing, but the plot moves on quite rapidly. An interesting premise, I suspect more would have been explained in the predecessor series that I have not read. The heroine is just too perfect for my taste. Book 2 carries on the general theme, but at least we know who the collector is now. Still a lot of explaining to do.

Plotline: One of those simple but very complex stories as we learn more but can't make much sense of what we learn

Premise: Interesting premise, it sort of works, I suspect more to learn

Writing: Simple descriptive, the reader is right their in the action

Ending: OK, but book 3 follows on ...

Pace: Never a dull moment!

[Peter Meekma · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mystery and fantasy

I have always wanted to read a mystery set in high fantasy. Thank you so very much. My one problem is during the shadow accords Carths mother’s books were protected and hinted at having importance. In this series where are they? Were they not important and only books on herbalism? Feel free to email me at pmeekma@gmail.com if anyone has insight.

[MGB · Rating 3 out of 5]

In this story Carth finds out that she has been played. She is a master of Tsatsun, yet she finds out that the Collector has been using her as a player in a life and death game that requires all the strategy of Tsatsun. And that really is the story of this story - she solves the game but loses a lot on the way.

[Stephen Levesque · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book got a bit other there in left field I think. It left me with the impression that the author was hoping something would come out of the story and it would carry them. The first was way better and well thought out. This needed more work. Still a good read though.

[Cigdem Marco · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good but frustrating

I like the story line and am interested in what happens next but it’s frustrating to read the main character’s inner dialogue about the same things over and over.

[Marie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good seres!

If you like books with loads of adventure, mystery, and light on romance, you will love this series. Very engaging!

[Gregory Sago · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another excellent addition to D.K Holmbergs library of novels.
An easy read with an exciting storyline that keeps your attention throughout.

[Dana Shunko · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome

This author is amazing. Every book series of his keeps you in thralled to the very end. I can’t wait to read the next book in the series.

[Joel Harris]

Loved the book and the characters. Can't wait to read book 3.

[Linda Roach · Rating 4 out of 5]

Shadow Games

Very enjoyable. This one had fewer grammatical/ text errors than the previous one in this series. Looking forward to the next in this series.