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Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell
Fantasy
Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell
Silence Montane runs an inn in the dangerous Forests of Hell, where the shades of the dead attack anyone who breaks the Simple Rules: do not kindle flame, shed blood, or run at night. Secretly, Silence also hunts dangerous criminals for their bounties because her family needs the money. When a particularly lethal gang threatens what she has built, protecting her children may require breaking every rule meant to keep the shades away. Brandon Sanderson’s dark Cosmere novella combines frontier survival, horror, and a formidable middle-aged heroine in a world where violence can summon something worse than the people committing it.
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Violence, weapons, and peril · Moderate frightening/intense material
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