Shadowbridge

Shadowbridge-a world of infinite linked spans that arch high above the glimmering seas, dreamed into being and inhabited by parading ghosts, clever tricksters, statues that speak, and dark, dangerous magic. Most of all, it is a world of stories-stories gathered and performed by Leodora, a young shadow-puppeteer who travels the spans of Shadowbridge. She does not yet realize that tales she collects might attract unwelcome attention...that there might be some creatures who do not want their stories told. With her small troupe-Soter, an elderly drunkard who once traveled in the company of Leodora's father, the famous Bardsham, and Diverus, who provides musical accompaniment for her performances-she will travel not only across new spans but toward a perilous destiny.