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[[Image:S-CrossingHB-port.jpg|thumb|500px|Full hardcover dust jacket of the UK hardback edition of Shaman's Crossing, art by [[John Howe]].]]
'''Shaman's Crossing''' is the first book of the [[Soldier Son trilogy]], published in 2005. The second and third books are [[Forest Mage]] and [[Renegade Magic]]. When the trilogy still had the working title "Speck's Magic", this first book was tentatively titled "Soldier Son".
Many thank to Amy Robbins, copyeditor, for her sharp eyes.</poem>
==Editions==
* A '''UK hardcover ''' edition was published by Voyager the of 4th of July 2005 with ISBN 0007196121. The covers were illustrated by [[John Howe]]. There is a slight gilding on some details of the cover.* A '''UK hardcover signed and numbered limited ''' edition by Voyager in July 2005 with ISBN 0007214685. No cover art, black boards, slipcased. Limited to 1000 copies.
* A '''US hardcover ''' edition was published by Eos/HarperCollins the 6th of September 2005 with ISBN 0060757620. Cover art by [[Christophe Vacher]].** A '''hardcover book club edition ''' SFBC #1194557 in November 2005.
** ARC with the Vacher cover with a black stripe on the left side and ISBN 9780060757625.
* A '''UK trade paperback ''' edition in February 2006 was published by Voyager/HarperCollins ISBN 000719613X. Cover art by John Howe, cover similar to the UK hardcover. * A '''UK paperback ''' edition was published by Voyager the 3rd of July 2006 with ISBN 0007196148. The cover is a slightly altered version of the original UK covers by John Howe. * A '''US paperback''' edition was published the 29th of August or the 1st of September 2006 with ISBN 9780060758288. Cover art different from the hardback, artist unknown.
* A US '''UK paperback ''' edition was published with cover art by [[Jackie Morris]] in 2008. ISBN 9780007196142, which is also the 29th ISBN-13 version of August or the 1st of September 2006 previous UK paperback with ISBN 9780060758288. Cover art different from the hardback, artist unknownHowe cover.
* A UK reprint paperback '''US hardcover''' edition with cover art by [[Jackie Morris]] in May 2008. from Paw Prints with ISBN 97800071961429781435270336, which is also library binding.* An '''ebook''' edition from Harper Voyager the ISBN-13 version 4th of the previous UK paperback September 2008 with the Howe coverASIN: B002RI9F5Y.
* A An unabridged '''US hardcover edition audio book''' from Recorded Books in May 2008 from Paw Prints with ISBN 9781435270336, library bindingvarious formats. Narrated by [[John Keating]]. Length 25 hours.* A Kinde edition from Harper Voyager the 4th of September 2008 with ASIN<ref>http: B002RI9F5Y//www.recordedbooks.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=rb.show_prod&prod_id=Z0905 Recorded Books: Robin Hobb: Shaman's Crossing</ref>
* An unabridged US audio book from Recorded Books in various formats. Narrated by [[John Keating]]. Length 25 hours. <ref>http://www.recordedbooks.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=rb.show_prod&prod_id=Z0905 Recorded Books: Robin Hobb: Shaman's Crossing</ref>* An unabridged ''UK audio book ''' from HarperCollins the 6th of November 2012 with ASIN: B00A2Y0OT6. Narrated by [[Jonathan Barlow]]. Length: 21 hours 8 minutes.
===Covers===
==Translations==
* A Dutch '''Chinese''' translation ''Overgangsritueel萨满桥'' was published in a two-volume hardback set by Uitgeverij Luitingh, 中国妇女出版社 in 2005, ISBN 9024553687 (hardcover). John Howe's cover art was flipped so that the sword is on the back cover and the forest image on the front. The 2008 reprint 2010 with ISBN 9789024528813 flipped the cover back so that the sword is on the front9787802039094.
* A '''Dutch''' translation ''Overgangsritueel'' was published by Uitgeverij Luitingh, in 2005, ISBN 9024553687 (hardcover). John Howe's cover art was flipped so that the sword is on the back cover and the forest image on the front. The 2008 reprint with ISBN 9789024528813 flipped the cover back so that the sword is on the front. * A '''French ''' translation was published in two parts
** ''La déchirure'' was released in October 2006 by Pygmalion with ISBN 2756400130 and a cropped version of the US cover. Reprinted in May 2008 by J'ai Lu with ISBN 9782290004623. Cover artist for this reprint [[Vincent Madras]]. France Loisirs edition in 2008 with cover art by [[Didier Graffet]].
** ''La Cavalier Rêveur'' in January 2007 by Pygmalion with ISBN 2756400149 and the US cover art. Reprinted in April 2008 by J'ai Lu with ISBN 9782290004630. France Loisirs edition in 2008 with cover art by [[Didier Graffet]].
* A French translation ''Le soldat chamane: La Déchirure'' from Flammarion jeunesse the 10th of June 2015 with ISBN 9782081265219, art by Benjamin Carré.
* A '''German ''' translation ''Traumbrücke'' was supposedly published in February 2007 by Fantasy Productions with ISBN 3890644694 but it doesn't seem to exist.
* A German translation ''Die Schamanenbrücke'' was published in March 2008 by Klett-Cotta with ISBN 9783608938128, translated by Joachim Pente with the original John Howe covers. Another edition by Heine in 2010 with different cover art and ISBN 9783453532205.
* An '''Italian ''' translation ''Lo spirito della foresta'' published in fall 2009 by Fanucci with ISBN 9788834715208, translated by Louis Palestine, using the Vacher cover.
* A Polish translation was scheduled for 2008 by MAG and was later rescheduled for 2011 but looks like it hasn't yet come to be. (2014)
* A '''Russian ''' translation ''Дорога шамана'' in 2007 with ISBN 5699197516, reprinted with a different cover in 2010 with ISBN 9785699420780.
===International covers===
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Chinese-sc.jpg|Chinese, ''萨满桥''
Image:Hobb overgangsritueel 2005.jpg|Dutch, ''Overgangsritueel''
Image:Nl-shaman.jpg|Dutch, ''Overgangsritueel'' (2008)
