num_pages: 336
description: One war.Too many deadly battles.Can a king save his kingdom when his own survival seems unlikely?War has come to Carthya. It knocks at every door and window in the land. And when Jaron learns that King Vargan of Avenia has kidnapped Imogen in a plot to bring Carthya to its knees Jaron knows it is up to him to embark on a daring rescue mission. But everything that can go wrong does.His friends are flung far and wide across Carthya and its neighbouring lands. In a last-ditch effort to stave off what looks to be a devastating loss for the kingdom Jaron undertakes what may be his last journey to save everything and everyone he loves. But even with his lightning-quick wit Jaron cannot forestall the terrible danger that descends on him and his country. Along the way will he lose what matters most? And in the end who will sit on Carthya's throne?
language: English
title: The Shadow Throne
publisher: Scholastic Press