Shadow in the Dark: Volume 1

By Antony Barone Kolenc

Book Overview

An attack by bandits in the middle of the night leaves a young boy with no memory of who he is or where he is from. Nursed back to health by the devoted monks in a Benedictine abbey, he takes the name Alexander, or Xan for short. Aided by the kindly Brother Andrew, Xan commits himself to finding out who he really is.

Does he have a family? Are they still alive?

And who--or what--is the shadowy figure creeping around the abbey in the dead of night?

2021 Illumination Book Awards, Gold Medal: Juvenile/Young Adult Fiction
2020 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards, Gold: YA Fiction - Horror/Mystery/Suspense
2021 International Book Awards, 1st Place: Religious Fiction
2021 Independent Publisher Book Awards, Bronze Medal: Religious Fiction
2021 Catholic Media Association Book Awards, 3rd Place: Escapism
2021 ACP Excellence in Publishing Awards, 3rd Place: Young Readers

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0829448101
• ISBN13: 9780829448108
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Loyola Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 10 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 8