Shadow Magic

A sweeping and thrilling epic fantasy adventure. "I defy you not to love this story!" Rick Riordan

After her parents’ murder, 13-year-old Lilith “Lily” Shadow rules Gehenna from Castle Gloom, an immense and windowless citadel. Once Lily’s ancestors commanded spirits, communed with the dead, and raised armies from out of the grave. But now her country is about to be conquered by the Shadows’ ancient enemies – the Solars, the lords of light. And the only way for Lily to save Gehenna is to marry the loathsome and incredibly stupid Solar heir apparent, Gabriel.
Thorn is a peasant boy, wily and smart, sold into slavery and desperate to escape. So when he’s bought by Tyburn, executioner to House Shadow, he’ll agree to just about anything – even to serving Castle Gloom for a year and day in order to earn his freedom.

When Lily is nearly poisoned by a ruthless and unknown assassin, she and Thorn – with a little help from K’leef, a boy from the Sultanate of Fire – embark on a dangerous quest to save Gehenna, a weird and wonderful land of haunted castles, mysterious forests – and an unforgettable giant bat (who may just steal the show). Together they must unravel a twisted plot of betrayals, pride and deadly ambition. And Lily must embrace her destiny as a necromancer, even as Thorn must accept his own outlaw heritage if they are to expose the killer in their midst.

Rights details

USA/Canada: Disney-Hyperion (April 2016)
UK/Commonwealth: Scholastic (Fall 2016):
World Spanish Language rights: Editorial Océano de México
France: Editions du Seuil
Italy: DeAgostini
Turkey: Dogan Egmont
Holland: Ballon Media
Audio: Recorded Books

• Ages 8 - 12