The Shadow Casket, Chris Wooding
The Shadow Casket, Chris Wooding
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The Shadow Casket

Author: Chris Wooding

Narrator: Simon Bubb

Unabridged: 32 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Gollancz

Published: 02/16/2023


Synopsis

A BAND OF REBELS.
A TRAITOR IN THEIR MIDST.
A REVOLUTION ABOUT TO BEGIN.

It's been three years since Aren seized the Ember Blade. Three years since they struck the spark they hoped would ignite the revolution. But the flame has failed to catch. The Krodans have crushed Ossia in an iron grip of terror. The revolution seems further away than ever.

Far in the north, the Dawnwardens seek to unite the fractious clans of the Fell Folk and create a stronghold from which to retake their land. But even if they can overcome the danger of treachery from within, they still have to contend with the dreadknights. Only the druidess Vika can resist these near-unstoppable foes, and there's only one of her.

But what if there was a weapon that could destroy the dreadknights? A weapon of such power it could turn the tide? A weapon that, if it fell into the wrong hands, might mean the end of all hope?

The Shadow Casket has returned from out of the past, and it will save or damn them all.

'The Ember Blade is Lord of the Rings for the modern generation - an epic world full of history, depth and adventure' Ed McDonald, author of Daughter of Redwinter

About Chris Wooding

Chris Wooding is a full time, award-winning novelist, a YA novelist, and a professional script writer for film and TV. He has travelled extensively, plays bass and guitar (and has recorded several albums) and his novels have been published all over the world. He has penned the Braided Path trilogy, a standalone novel (The Fade) and the Tales of the Ketty Jay series for Gollancz, all of which were critical and commercial successes. Chris Wooding lives in Kent, and you can learn more at www.chriswooding.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Petrik

ARC provided by the publisher—Gollancz—in exchange for an honest review. The Shadow Casket is an action-packed sequel full of lovable characters colored by a shade of gray morality and believable motivations. “Such profound consequences from the smallest actions. As if each was a raindrop falling o......more

The Shadow Casket is a fantastic sequel in a very exciting, yet dramatically underrated, series. It’s been five years since I read the first book in the series, The Ember Blade. Back then, I used to read so many more fantasy novels. But this one really stuck out for me. Not only was it an absolut......more

Goodreads review by Adam

“Heroes don’t have to fight. They don’t even have to be the best at anything. So what do they do? They keep going.” Three years have passed since the events in The Ember Blade. Aren and the rest of the Dawnwardens hoped for a spark that ignited a flame of revolution, but the fire never caught. Instea......more

Goodreads review by Dom

In many ways, The Shadow Casket picks up where The Ember Blade left off, but in one important way, it does not. This second book in the Darkwater Legacy starts off three years after the events of the first. This was slightly jarring to me, as that’s a lot of time for something to happen, but it seems......more

Goodreads review by Brent

A Solid Follow-up I read The Ember Blade back at the end of 2021 and had a great time so this was a pretty highly anticipated release. One concern I had being that I had read the first book over 2 years ago was remembering the finer details of the story and characters. This book offers no recap or d......more


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A breathtaking sequel to The Ember Blade and a must-read for all fantasy fans. The Fantasy Review

Full of action, heart, humor, and an expansive cast of endearing characters that I didn't want to leave behind. One of my favorite reads of the year Novel Notions

This story gets a 10/10 from me. The world, the plot, the lore, the twists and turns, the characters and banter and adventures and humor all come together to make this the shadowy ruin in a valley (the dark fantasy equivalent of a shining city on a hill) that one can only dream of when embarking on a fantastical adventure A Refuge From Life

A brilliant epic fantasy read. It has everything that I want in a fantasy novel; a brilliant world to explore, characters that I both love and hate and a plot that twists and turns Witchy Reading