Shadows Return by Lynn Flewelling
Lately, whenever I pick up a new book by a favorite author and read the back of it, I get this feeling of dread. I don’t know what it is, but my favorites are throwing out some really thin-sounding plots. Lynn Flewelling has been a favorite for years, though, since I first began reading her Nightrunner series, so I held out hope for Shadows Return.
So Alec and Seregil are on a new mission when they’re captured and sold into slavery.
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