The Kingdom of Shadows Series by Thomas Rouxville (#1-4)
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Overview: Almost all children lie to their parents about skipping school, or avoiding homework. Not Thomas Rouxville. At ten years old, he convinced his mother that he absolutely had to stay up until the small hours of the morning, squinting into yet another novel. His English teacher demanded it, he said innocently; the book had to be read by morning. When his outraged guardian stormed the school in protest, it was gently, but firmly, explained that her son’s assignment was not due for weeks. The boy had a reading addiction, and short of barring him from the library, there was little they could do. By fourteen the obsession ran wild as fire, Rouxville losing himself in fantasy novels and role playing games; entire universes of heroes and dragons, magic and dark villains far more exciting than the endless fields and beaches of Kent. As an adult, with a degree in geography and teaching career under his belt, Rouxville embarked on exploring the fictitious worlds of his own mind’s creation.
Genre: Fiction > Sci-Fi/Fantasy
1. Edgehill
A malevolent king. A world in peril. One young woman to save them all.
Athena is just four years old when a strange man whisks her away in the night and leaves her with her grandparents. When Athena is told that her parents have been killed, she doesn’t speak for a year—except in her sleep. The nightmares are relentless; she can’t escape them.
Life goes on and Athena eventually finds her voice, but the dreams persist. Athena finds solace working in her grandparents’ bakery; escaping to the nearby forest; and in her friendship with Tobin, a boy who lives on a nearby farm. The two are teenagers when they realize Edgehill has changed. One by one, the men are leaving—forsaking their families at the king’s command. The rumors are as dark as her night terrors, but no one really knows why an army is being built. Even the boys are being recruited. Their once bustling village has become a ghost town.
Something unspeakable is coming. On her eighteenth birthday, Athena overhears her grandparents talking. They’re hiding something and it has to do with the death of her parents. When the town drunk forces his way into Athena’s home, he tells her a story that makes her blood run cold. Athena finally discovers the truth about her past and it changes her future forever.
2. Rise of the Shadow
When the town drunk, Faramond, tells Athena the truth about her parents’ deaths, her world collapses. It wasn’t accidental like she’d been led to believe; they were murdered because of her. Even worse, the killer has never stopped searching for Athena.
A sinister darkness has crept over the kingdom, slowly claiming the population of Galbar. Eighteen-year-old Athena is still haunted by relentless nightmares, but continues fighting to keep Edgehill from becoming a ghost town. She and her best friend Tobin forage for neighboring, starving families, but their resources are fast depleting. When Tobin is summoned to join the King’s evil forces, it’s all Athena can do to keep from running far away with him.
Faramond has secretly watched over Athena since she became orphaned, and now is training her to take on a most wicked foe. If anyone finds out she is The Guardian of the Kingdom, it will mean her death. She can’t even tell Tobin; she must covertly train or risk the lives of everyone around her. It’s only a matter of time before she’s discovered, and she isn’t prepared for the coming battle.
The enemy is at her doorstep and Athena must accept her destiny as the chosen one. If she doesn’t, Galbar will be devoured by the shadows.
3. The Enlightenment
With her grandparents gone, murdered by the king’s spies. Athena has never felt more alone and helpless. She also feels immense guilt since they were killed as a result of her actions. With Edgehill now being too dangerous, Faramond and Athena, travel outside the town and away from enemy eyes to properly begin Athena’s training.
The darkness that has been slowly consuming Galbar, continues to claim the lives of the kingdom’s inhabitants. But now Athena wants to fight. She wants to learn from Faramond how to deal with the threat mentally and physically before its too late. But there is a secret about Athena that Faramond is still to tell her….
4. The Journey to Slyfort
Athena and Faramont travel to Egneck to see Silvaria the seer. On the way they see the destruction caused by the shadow.
At Egneck, Athena must complete her training under Silvaria. Only then will she become the Guardian of the Kingdom and be ready to travel to Slyfort to face the King and the Shadow.
But it is not only the King and the Shadow that Athena must deal with in Slyfort. She must confront her old best friend Tobin. Is Tobin still her friend, or is he now under the King’s spell?
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