K. J. Parker 
Pattern 
Book Two of the Scavenger Trilogy

‘…indescribably addictive. I can heartily recommend both Shadow and Pattern to fantasy connoisseurs who prefer a little more bite from their fiction. Do try this most excellent of sagas. I really don’t think you’ll be disappointed.’ – THE ALIEN ONLINE’This is exactly what the fantasy genre needs. Mature, confident prose from a talented writer…compelling, assured, intelligent – five stars’ – SFXIn a world he does not know, Poldarn’s future is uncertain. Pursued by invisible enemies, and haunted by the demons of his past, nobody can be trusted – not even himself, it seems. Attempting to piece together his own life from whatever scattered fragments he can find and dreams that hide as much as they reveal has brought him nothing but trouble. Now all he craves is peace. But will he find it on the island he believes to be his childhood home? Or will this place hold more terrors for him to confront?K.J. Parker’s SHADOW began a ground-breaking new series that takes fantasy into remarkable new territory. Now, with PATTERN, the extraordinary story of Poldarn takes a new shape.Books by K.J. Parker:Fencer Trilogy The Colours in the Steel The Belly of the Bow The Proof House Scavenger Trilogy Shadow Pattern Memory Engineer Trilogy Devices and Desires Evil for Evil The Escapement Saloninus Blue and Gold The Devil You Know Two of Swords The Two of Swords: Part 1The Two of Swords: Part 2The Two of Swords: Part 3Novels The Company The Folding Knife The Hammer Sharps Savages Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City My Beautiful Life