A Dance of Cloaks

David Dalglish

Oct 2013 · Shadowdance Book 1 · Hachette Audio · Narrated by Elijah Alexander

About this audiobook

From USA Today bestselling author David Dalglish
The Underworld rules the city of Veldaren. Thieves, smugglers, assassins. . . they fear only one man.

In book #1 of the Shadowdance series, Thren Felhorn is the greatest assassin of his time. All the thieves' guilds of the city are under his unflinching control. If he has his way, death will soon spill out from the shadows and into the streets.

Aaron is Thren's son, trained to be heir to his father's criminal empire. He's cold, ruthless -- everything an assassin should be. But when Aaron risks his life to protect a priest's daughter from his own guild, he glimpses a world beyond piston, daggers, and the iron rule of his father.

Assassin or protector; every choice has its consequences.

Fantasy author David Dalglish spins a tale of retribution and darkness, and an underworld reaching for ultimate power.

Ratings and reviews

I was excited to start this series as the synopsis sounded excellent and the swashbuckling plot does live up to it. But the unabashed ableism and body shaming goes beyond disappointing and leaves a sour taste in the mouth. A skilled writer doesn't rely on disfigurement or obesity to mark a character as a "bad guy". It's lazy and harmful and downright distasteful. I can roll my eyes and move past the blatant male gaze used to describe the female characters, but this I just can't. I regret my purchase.

About the author

David Dalglish currently lives in rural Missouri with his wife Samantha, and daughters Morgan, Katherine, and Alyssa. He graduated from Missouri Southern State University in 2006 with a degree in Mathematics and currently spends his free time dying for the umpteenth time in Dark Souls.