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[[Image:S-CrossingHB-port.jpg|thumb|450px500px|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".
==Dedication==
<poem style="border: 1px solid #999999; background-color: #cccccc; padding: 1em; font-style: italic; text-align: center; width: 30%;">
To Caffeine and Sugar
my companions through many a
long night of writing
</poem>
===Acknowledgements===
<poem style="border: 1px solid #999999; background-color: #cccccc; padding: 1em; font-style: italic; width: 30%;">
The author would like to acknowledge and thank David
Killingsworth for providing information on
several weighty matters. It was greatly appreciated.
Many thank to Amy Robbins, copyeditor, for her sharp eyes.</poem>
==Editions==
* 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 00607582879780060758288. Cover art different from the hardback, artist unknown.
* A UK reprint paperback edition with cover art by [[Jackie Morris]] in 2008. ISBN 9780007196142, which is also the ISBN-13 version of the previous UK paperback with the Howe cover.
* A US hardcover edition in May 2008 from Paw Prints with ISBN 9781435270336, library binding.
* 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 2008with 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 2008with cover art by [[Didier Graffet]].
* A French translation ''Le Soldat chamane - L'Intégrale 1'' from Pygmalion in 2012 with the Vacher cover. Reprinted in January 2014 by J'ai lu with ISBN 9782290082355 and different cover art.
* A German translation ''Traumbrücke'' was supposedly published in February 2007 by Fantasy Productions with ISBN 3890644694 but it doesn't seem to exist.
