Name of a Shadow Author:Ann Maxwell An intricate puzzle brings two men to a planet with a rich, ancient, and sophisticated culture; a planet whose people have broken the ultimate taboo, striking at their own colony without declaring war, risking that the Concorde of planets will destroy their own planet utterly. — Each of them has different motives, individual puzzles of their own.... more » For instance, the patternmaster, Ryth, has learned that he may have lost something, and if he has, he must find it before the planet is destroyed.
Can these two men unravel the mysteries they face and forge a path into a future where this beautiful, alien planet need not be destroyed? And can they save the woman who may or may not be Kayle's mind-daughter?« less