Loved itThe Shadowed Sun is the second book in the Dreamblood duology and I love it.
The shadowed sun (2012)
Others: Positive Gujaareh, the city of dreams, suffers under the imperial rule of the Kisuati Protectorate. A city where the only law was peace now knows violence and oppression. And nightmares: a mysterious and deadly plague haunts the citizens, dooming them to die screaming in their sleep.
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- 9780316187299
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- 524 pages
Genres: fantasy
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